Justine Triet directs Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud and Milo Machado-Graner in this European courtroom thriller where a wife is suspected of her husband’s death.

Best courtroom thriller in ages. Dry as bones. Could easily be called Anatomy of a Marriage. Or Anatomy of a Woman. So much unresolved by the end, the verdict means nothing. A real Rorschach Test of a movie. Is she guilty? Murder, accident or suicide? Do they love each other? Do THEY love each other? Is that the cause? Is he in the right? Is she in the right? Hold on… did HE do it? Every scene has something open to interpretation? Are we ever being honest in our fiction, in our fights, in our own moments of private reflection? Powerhouse by Hüller, always awesome value. Some fascinating points about living in different languages. So many compromises in every facet of a life if you want to have relationships. And the third act is a bit bonkers. But maybe there is no sane way to resolve all this.

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