Writer Paul attempts to interview Rosemonde, a young woman who killed an alleged rapist in self-defense six years prior, for a true crime television program. When Rosemonde refuses to divulge details of the events, Paul encourages his actress girlfriend to befriend her, but the three are repeatedly sidetracked from their initial commission.
Writing
Script devours true crime ethics before Serial existed.
Acting
Karin Viard's refusal to perform trauma is the performance.
Direction
Tanner blurs documentary and fiction until neither survives.
Director
Alain Tanner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tanner was a founder of Swiss New Wave; Fourbi directly attacks the emerging true crime industrial complex of the 1990s.
The French title 'Fourbi' means 'junk' or 'mess'—referring to both the chaotic production and the moral debris left behind.
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