Crowned with the coveted Palme d’Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, Anatomy of the Fall opens in theaters today. Directed by Justin Triet, who signs his fourth feature after La Bataille de Solférino, Victoria et Sibyl, this thriller has been particularly well received by the French press as it averages 4.4/5 (38 for media).
It’s even the best movie of the summer (beating out last week’s Close Your Eyes ) and the second best movie of the year, behind Steven Spielberg’s The Fabelman and its unstoppable 4.9/5 average.
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Sandra, Samuel and their 11-year-old visually impaired son, Daniel, have been living in the mountains for a year, away from it all. One day Samuel was found dead at the foot of their house. The investigation into the suspicious death was started. Sandra will soon be charged, despite the suspicion: suicide or murder? A year later, Daniel attends his mother’s trial, the true autopsy of the couple.
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What the press says:
According to La Voix du Nord:
“Investigation, trial, exceptions, confessions, guilt … Justin Triet examines a series of entries to finally go beyond the codes of the snowy thriller and create a psychological drama of incredible richness, where justice is not the only one lost in the truth and the fake of a faded, toxic and angry couple.” (Christophe Caron) 5/5
According to Les Echos:
“2023 Palme d’Or opens cinema comeback in style.” (Adrienne Gombo) 5/5
According to Liberation:
“Cannes Palme d’Or winner Justin Trier reinvents the codes of the legal thriller, turning a murder trial into a fascinating dissection of marital intimacy. (Laura Thuillier) 5/5
According to Télé 7 Jours:
“A rare female figure in cinema, masterfully interpreted by Sandra Huller. Justine Treet did not steal her Palme d’Or in Cannes.” (Isabel Magnier) 5/5
Sunday Journal:
Another proof that cinema sometimes makes it possible to have a better perception of reality. (Baptist Theon) 5/5
According to CinemaTeaser:
“Persistently on the edge, stretched out like a thriller at 2:30, but deep as a character study, brilliantly directed by a consummate cast, Anatomy of the Fall forces viewers to experience the vertigo of justice, the vagaries of life.” (Renan Cross) 4/5
According to Le Figaro:
“Skillful golden palm branch.” (Etienne Sorin) 4/5
According to Le Monde:
“Justin Triet’s films cast actors as unholy creatures as their characters’ personal and professional lives collide. And when it comes to misery and unholiness, Sandra Huler excels.” (Clarice Fabre) 4/5
According to the first:
“So much precision, so much intelligence in acting in the different languages (German, English, French) that his character speaks, so much power, so much charisma never destroys the film, but elevates it even more.” (Thierry Chez) 4/5
According to Critikat.com:
“This is the edge of film: a smoothly executed script is not seen as a catalyst for a staging that will exceed its program, but as an end in itself. (Josue Morel) 3/5
Source: Allocine
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