Beyond Hatred

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Beyond Hatred
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Directed by	Olivier Meyrou
Produced by	Christophe Girard Katharina Marx
Written by	Olivier Meyrou
Music by	François Eudes
Cinematography	Florian Bouchet Jean-Marc Bouzou Emma Fernández
Editing by	Cathie Dambel Jérome Pey
Release date(s)	June 19, 2005 February 16, 2006 March 22, 2007 June 15, 2007
Running time	86 mins.
Country	France
Language	French
Gross revenue	$949 (USA sub-total)
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Beyond Hatred (French: 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.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] The attackers were arrested one month after the incident, and Meyrou read about the case on the front page of Le Monde.^[4] 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.^[5] Metacritic gave it a "generally favorable" rating of 65% based on five reviews.^[6] The documentary won the Teddy Award for Best Documentary at the 2006 Berlin Film Festival.