Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall is a 2023 French courtroom drama thriller film directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay co-written by Triet and Arthur Harari. It stars Sandra Hüller as a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband's death. Anatomy of a Fall had its world premiere 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. It was released theatrically in France by Le Pacte on 23 August 2023. The film received acclaim from critics, who praised Triet and Hüller, and it has sold over 1 million admissions in France. Plot An interview of novelist Sandra Voyter is halted by her husband Samuel Maleski playing loud music from their house's attic to disrupt it. Their partially blind son Daniel goes out for a walk and returns to find Samuel dead in the driveway from a fall. An autopsy reveals his head wound was inflicted before his body hit the ground, putting Sandra under suspicion. Her lawyer Vincent Renzi plans to claim Samuel committed suicide if she is indicted, and despite not believing he killed himself, she tells him about Samuel's attempt to overdose on aspirin months before his death. He notes a bruise on her arm that she claims to have sustained bumping into a table.