Anatomy of a Fall

Name: Anatomy of a Fall
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 13, 2023
Duration: 150 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Anne Rotger, Antoine Reinartz, Camille Rutherford, Jehnny Beth, Milo Machado Graner

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Neon | Release Date: October 13, 2023 | Not Rated

Starring: Anne Rotger, Antoine Reinartz, Camille Rutherford, Jehnny Beth, Milo Machado Graner, Saadia Bentaïeb, Samuel Theis, Sandra Hüller, Sophie Fillières, Swann Arlaud

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Winner of the Palme d'Or as the best film in competition at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Summary: For the past year, Sandra (Sandra Hüller), her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel's suspicious death is presumed murder, andFor the past year, Sandra (Sandra Hüller), her husband Samuel, and their eleven-year-old son Daniel have lived a secluded life in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he was murdered or committed suicide. Samuel's suspicious death is presumed murder, and Sandra becomes the main suspect. What follows is not just an investigation into the circumstances of Samuel's death but an unsettling psychological journey into the depths of Sandra and Samuel's conflicted relationship.… Expand

Director: Justine Triet

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 150 min

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Tara Brady

Nov 9, 2023

It’s a knotty, fascinating delve into the French legal system, the nature of truth and the institution of marriage. Read full review

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Lindsey Bahr

Oct 10, 2023

Anatomy of a Fall may not be a film with many concrete answers, ultimately, but the truths it uncovers are irrefutable. Read full review

IndieWire Ben Croll

May 21, 2023

As it calls the institution of marriage to the stand, Triet’s piercing film holds the ambient tensions and illogical loose ends of domestic life against the harsh and rational light of a legal system that searches for order in chaos. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Brian Tallerico

Sep 10, 2023

It’s a daring, long film that sometimes feels too chilly and self-indulgent, but it builds to a series of scenes that hit like a punch. Read full review

The Observer (UK) Wendy Ide

Nov 13, 2023

Ultimately, one of the key pleasures of the picture is its uncertainty – the niggling doubts that remain, and the sense that a crucial piece of the puzzle is tantalisingly out of reach. Read full review

Bilge Ebiri

Oct 17, 2023

It’s not hard to see why Triet’s picture resonates. It has both suspense and intellectual ambition; plot revelations don’t just send the story in new directions, they expand the film’s cultural scope. Read full review

Richard Brody

Oct 12, 2023

As the cinematic equivalent of an airport read, Anatomy of a Fall is adequate—not brisk but twisty, not stylish but unobtrusively informational. But the artistic failings are obvious and distracting throughout. Read full review

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