Beyond Hatred

Infobox Film
name = Beyond Hatred


image_size =
caption = DVD cover
director = Olivier Meyrou
producer = Christophe Girard
Katharina Marx
writer = Olivier Meyrou
narrator =
starring =
music = François Eudes
cinematography = Florian Bouchet
Jean-Marc Bouzou
Emma Fernández
editing = Cathie Dambel
Jérome Pey
distributor =
released = flagicon|France June 19 2005
flagicon|Germany February 16 2006
flagicon|UK March 22 2007
flagicon|USA June 15 2007
runtime = 86 mins.
country = France
language = French
budget =
gross = $949 (USA sub-total)
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followed_by =
website =
amg_id = 1:347228
imdb_id = 0783665

"Beyond Hatred" ( _fr. Au-delà de la haine) is a 2005 French documentary film written and directed by Olivier Meyrou.

The documentary tells the story of a French couple seeking justice after the homophobic murder of their gay son, 29-year old Francois Chenu. He was murdered by neo-fascist skinheads in 2002. [ [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/mar2006/ber3-11m.shtml 56th Berlin Film Festival-Part 3 The work of theatre director Robert Wilson and other documentary films ] ] [ [http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2006-11-23/movie_repfeature.php NOW Magazine - Movies in Toronto, NOVEMBER 23 - 29, 2006 ] ] [ [http://www.jedensvet.cz/ow/2007/index_en.php?id=192&idp=207&idf=307 One World 2007 ] ] cite web
last =Phillips
first =Richard
title =An interview with Olivier Meyrou, director of "Beyond Hatred"
publisher =World Socialist Website
date =2006-08-03
url =http://www.wsws.org/articles/2006/aug2006/sff07-a03.shtml
accessdate =2007-08-25 ] The attackers were arrested one month after the incident, and Meyrou read about the case on the front page of "Le Monde". He had been wanting to make a film about homophobia for some time, and decided that the Chenu case was very emblematic.

"Beyond Hatred" premiered on French television on June 19, 2005 and was released into French cinemas in 2006, distributed by Eurozoom. It was shown at the 2006 Berlin International Film Festival, the Paris Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, and the 2007 London Lesbian and Gay Film Festival. It was given a limited theatrical release in the United States on June 15 2007, distributed by First Run Features.

Rotten Tomatoes gave "Beyond Hatred" a "fresh" rating of 89% based on 18 reviews. [cite web
title =Beyond Hatred
publisher =Rotten Tomatoes
url =http://uk.rottentomatoes.com/m/beyond_hatred/
accessdate = 2007-08-25 ] Metacritic gave it a "generally favorable" rating of 65% based on five reviews. [cite web
title =Beyond Hatred (2007)
publisher =Metacritic
url =http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/beyondhatred?q=beyond%20hatred
accessdate =2007-08-25 ] The documentary won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.

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*imdb title|0783665