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This review was originally published on October 17, 2023.
At the 2024 Oscars,Anatomy of a Fallwon the award for Best Original Screenplay.
On March 22, 2024 it began streaming onHulu.
What do you want to know?
These are the first words we hear, over a black screen, in Justine TrietsAnatomy of a Fall.
But Triet lets us know early on that this wont be an ordinary procedural.
There are many reasons for Samuel to have felt great guilt and shame.
Would a guilty person say such a thing?
Well, would an innocent person?
It will likely be adecent hitin the U.S. too.
Its not hard to see why Triets picture resonates.
On one level, its the kind of blowup many couples sometimes have.
Her Sandra is both open and unreadable.
She seems perfectly sensible and matter-of-fact, and yet theres the gnawing sense that shes keeping something from us.
More important, however, Samuel and Sandras accusations feel like facts colored by their respective resentments.
Does the truth lie somewhere in between or does it encompass both of their realities?
Or does it (gasp) simply not exist?
