ANATOMY OF A FALL – Saturday 31st May 2025 7.30pm
“Did she do it ?“
Legal Thriller
Cert: 15
France 2023 152 mins (plus an intermission of 15 mins)
Film is mostly in the English Language.
Director: Justine Triet
Starring: Sandra Hüller, Milo Machado Graner & Swann Arlaud
A woman is suspected of her husband’s murder, and their blind son faces a moral dilemma as the sole witness.
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.
A smart, solidly crafted police and legal procedural that’s anchored in family drama, Anatomy of a Fall finds star Sandra Hüller and director/co-writer Justine Triet operating at peak power.
So is she a killer? Can you work it out? Anatomy of a Fall is also a tense psychological thriller.
The film has a Rotten Tomatoes score of 96% and was nominated for Best Film at the Oscars and Baftas and winner of Best Original Screenplay at both, as well as winning the Palme d’Or at Cannes and also the Palm Dog for Messi the very cute Border Collie!
The film will be shown with an intermission with the bar and ice creams available.
“Fantastic acting and a fascinating plot keep Anatomy of a Fall gripping right to the end.” Rotten Tomatoes critics consensus
“With all the plot twists and diversions, it’s simply mesmerising.” Sydney Morning Herald