Anatomy of a Fall

Film details

Film TitleAnatomy of a Fall
Suitability
Genre
Length151mins
Year2023
CountryFrance
DirectorJustine Triet
ActorsSandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Saadia Bentaïeb, Jehnny Beth, Samuel Theis, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger, Sophie Fillières, Arthur Harari, Pierre-François Garel, Savannah Rol
LanguageEnglish, French, German
AKAAnatomie d’une chute
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Sandra, Samuel and their visually impaired son Daniel have been living in a remote mountain location for the past year. When Samuel is found dead outside the house, an investigation for death in suspicious circumstances is launched. Amidst the uncertainty, Sandra is indicted: was it suicide or homicide? A year later Daniel attends his mother’s trial, a veritable dissection of his parents’ relationship.

Full of gradually unpeeled complexities, Anatomy of a Fall is a family drama that wears the clothes of a crime procedural – a whodunit where marriage itself feels like a prime suspect.

It’s a lowkey, almost downbeat drama, but with something invigoratingly cerebral.