***La Légende de Thierry Mauvignier*** **·**  **·**  **·**  **·**  **·**  is a french documentary feature film directed by Dylan Besseau released in december 2021.

Synopsis
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In 2021, the director Thierry Mauvignier rewrote a local legend entitled *La Tombe à l'enfant* **·**  **·**  which he renamed with his brother the writer Laurent Mauvignier *La Légende des seigneurs assassins*. This documentary presents the long process that the director had to go through to complete his project **·**  **·** .

Context
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Thierry Mauvignier rehabilitated with his brother Laurent Mauvignier, a poitevin legend entitled *La Tombe à l'enfant*. The documentary retraces the long journey that the director had to undertake alongside his actors, in particular Frans Boyer, Yannick Jaulin, Joël Pyrène, Franck Beckmann or the writer Michel Cordeboeuf with an intimate approach. The director Dylan Besseau wanted to highlight the humanist and serious side that can be found in the film industry. Yannick Jaulin, a former survivor of the sect Order of the Solar Temple, evokes in this documentary his regret and his redemption through various philosophical thoughts and the way in which the role of villain that he embodies in Thierry Mauvignier's film, serves as a outlet for his regrets.

Shooting and production
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The documentary was shot in Vienne and in the forest of Moulière but also in Chauvigny. It will have required seven days of filming with three cameras. It is produced by Artwooks Media. The movie poster was designed by Dylan Besseau, the visual style is the result of a fusion between the aesthetics of Striptease (TV show) posters and old movie posters from the 50s. is also inspired by striptease. It also mixes found footage, live shooting and shakey camera, the entire documentary was shot with a handheld camera, reinforcing the raw and immersive side of the work. The film is distributed in 2022 in the United States in English subtitled version on the Prime Video and Tubi platforms then on Plex Video in France.

Distribution
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* Distribution : Prime Video, Tubi, Plex Video
* Budget : approximately 1 500$ (estimation)
* Box-office : approximately 25 000$ (estimation)

Distinction
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* 2023 : Official selection at Lift-Off Global Network

Notes and references
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1. ↑  La légende de Thierry Mauvignier on *allocine.fr*
2. ↑  film-documentaire.fr La légende de Thierry Mauvignier on *film-documentaire.fr*
3. ↑  La légende de Thierry Mauvignier Archived 2023-03-29 at the Wayback Machine on *Bibliothèque National de France*
4. ↑  La légende de Thierry Mauvignier on *International Movie Database*
5. ↑  Cineday Orange.fr La légende de Thierry Mauvignier on *Orange TV*
6. ↑  La légende de Thierry Mauvignier Archived 2022-06-26 at the Wayback Machine on *projektor.com*
7. ↑  Tournage en vue en fôret de Moulière on *Nouvelle république.fr*
8. ↑  Thierry Mauvignier réecrit une légende de la Vienne on *Le7.info*
9. ↑  Le mystère de la tombe à l'enfant dans l'objectif de Thierry Mauvignier on *agri79.fr*
10. ↑  Les seigneurs assassins à Morthemer ça tourne on *nouvelle-république.fr*
11. ↑  Thierry Mauvignier sur la piste des légendes on *courrier-francais.com*
12. ↑  Dans les coulisses du tournages des "seigneurs assassins on *lanouvellerepublique.fr*
13. ↑  La légende des seigneurs assassins : Attention tournage en cours ! on *le7info*
14. ↑  La légende des seigneurs assassins en avant-première au Futuroscope on *lanouvellerepublique.fr*
15. ↑  "Unveiling French Landscape's Enigmatic Tales : The legend of Thierry Mauvignier on Prime Video". *TheSunBulletin.com*.
16. ↑  La légende de Thierry Mauvignier on PrimeVideo.com
17. ↑  La légende de Thierry Mauvignier on *International movie database*