Anatomy of a Fall, 2023. Directed by Justine Triet. Starring: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, and Samuel Theis. SYNOPSIS: A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness. Justine Triet’s courtroom drama Anatomy of a Fall begins with a sense of […]
Movie Review – Anatomy of a Fall (2023)
Anatomy of a Fall, 2023. Directed by Justine Triet. Starring Sandra 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, and Savannah Rol. SYNOPSIS: A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as […]
Palme d’Or-winner Anatomy of a Fall unveils trailer and poster
Neon has revealed a trailer for the Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall ahead of its theatrical release this October. The French thriller centres on Sandra, a woman who becomes the prime suspect in her husband Samuel’s suspicious death after he is found dead in the snow below their chalet, but the investigation […]
Movie Review – By the Grace of God (2019)
By the Grace of God, 2019. Directed by François Ozon. Starring Melvil Poupaud, Denis Ménochet, and Swann Arlaud. SYNOPSIS: Alexandre lives with his wife and children in Lyon. One day he discovers by chance that the priest who abused him when he was a Boy Scout is still working with young people, and long repressed […]
Second Opinion – A Woman’s Life (2016)
A Woman’s Life, 2016. Directed by Stephane Brize. Starring Judith Chemla, Nina Meurisse, Swann Arlaud, Finnegan Oldfield, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, and Yolande Moreau. SYNOPSIS: In 19th century France, a young woman from a wealthy family gets married, but soon becomes disillusioned by the harsh realities facing women at the time. This week started with equality taking […]
Movie Review – A Woman’s Life (2016)
A Woman’s Life, 2016. Directed by Stéphane Brizé. Starring Judith Chelma, Jean-Pierre Darroussin, Yolande Moreau, Swann Arlaud, and Nina Meurisse. SYNOPSIS: A young woman sets out on the path to adulthood and gradually experiences the harsh realities of a woman’s life in the mid 19th-century. Life is never as good or as bad as one thinks, wrote Guy de Maupassant […]
