J'ai tué mon père

A true crime doc that makes you think about crime, consequences, and humanity. The doc was well made and interviewed relevant parties with relative unbias.

I appreciate this documentary's attempt to explain cumulative childhood trauma and shed light on its effects. The testimony of the father's friends are completely consistent with what it would be like to be a scapegoat child. The abusive behavior is hidden from all but the child. Everybody is surprised to learn what is happening, that's the point. It's called coercive power and control and a child has no psychological defenses against it.

Dissociating emotions in order to survive is a hallmark of childhood trauma symptomology, and every level of law enforcement and psychological help that deals with violence and victims, should be versed in what it looks like. It is one of the most misunderstood psychological concepts, including by most psychologists, as it is not taught even at the graduate level other than in the most cursory way.

How to be trauma-informed is going to become ever increasingly important in this complex world of ours. It's time we start understanding when someone's affect is completely flat and they're unable to tell their own stories about their own lives, you're looking at something complex, and it just could be that it's a childhood trauma victim in front of you, and not a stone cold killer. The uninformed attitudes of some of these law enforcement professionals was highly upsetting to watch. Let's become more trauma-informed, shall we?

Great documentary! I personally think that Netflix is pretty good at making this kind of true crime documentaries. The great thing is that they not only use the publicly available materials like e.g. Interrogations, but also interview all relevant people: e.g. Police, family, friend, neigbours...

So I certainly hope that we do not need to wait long before we get another one of these documentaries.

A look into the case of Anthony Tamplet, who shot his father dead, the question is why, he never denied it, but what pushed him to this breaking point?

A very well made series as you'd expect, it's certainly different, it tells a very unusual story. Insightful interviews, first hand points of view, and some surprising footage.

It makes you think outside of the box, it forces you to question whether killing someone can be justified, or if it's always wrong to take someone's life.

The real twist comes at the end of Part one, and what you thought was reasonable, what you thought you knew, is turned on its head.

For what it's worth, I liked Anthony, you can see someone who's had a terrible start in life, and anyone that says he's cold, I'd dispute that, and urge you to watch episode three closely, you'll see a different side to him.

8/10.

Another good true documentary story produced by Netflix. First off - it's nice how they shed light on how cumulative manipulation and abuse can have ruin on a persons life. I thought the production had all the pieces for a sad, but educational docuseries. Some of these documentaries are too long and dragged out - but this one tells you the whole story in three episodes.

God bless Anthony and may he make the most of a full life that is ahead of him!