For the past year, Sandra, 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.
Anatomy of a Fall premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023, where it won the Palme d'Or and the Palm Dog award and competed for the Queer Palm.
An intricately layered, surgically controlled drama that operates as
both a courtroom thriller and an investigation of the mysterious
recesses of domestic life, the film is as chilly as its French Alpine
setting yet never distancing. -David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
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. -Wendy Ide, Observer (UK)