In Christoph Willibald Gluck’s opera “Orpheus and Eurydice,” Orpheus must travel to the underworld to reunite with his dead wife, Eurydice. To do so, he must placate the Furies, t…
The book is based on Leiris’ experiences following the murder by Islamic State jihadists of his wife, Hélène Muyal-Leiris, on Nov. 13, 2015, at the Bataclan night-club — one of 130 people killed that evening in a string of terrorist attacks across Paris.
Three days later, after seeing his wife’s body in the morgue, Leiris posts an open letter on Facebook. In moving words, he addresses the assassins and denies “the dead souls” his hatred – and that of his son. He writes: “On Friday night, you stole the life of an exceptional being, the love of my life, the mother of my son, but you will not have my hate.” The post goes viral, triggering a wave of empathy worldwide, and is printed on the front page of Paris newspaper Le Monde.
Since completing the film, Riedhof has shown it to Leiris, who was “very touched by it; he was really overwhelmed,” Riedhof says. “He said he could can identify with the film, saw himself in the story, and that it’s close to his experience.” In the film, Riedhof wanted to focus on the victims of the attack, rather than the perpetrators, and show how it is not just about the death of one woman, but the destruction of a family. “It’s one thing to talk about terrorism in a political way, but to feel the effect, to feel terrorism as an anti-familial power, this is so striking in this story, and so touching, and this makes us cry when we read the story.
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