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October 13, 2023

In ‘Anatomy of a Fall,' a sharp courtroom drama that will end relationships

By LINDSEY BAHR
AP Film Writer

Of all the ways that a relationship can end, a fundamental disagreement about a work of art is in some ways extremely silly. And yet, a film or a book exposing an irreparable rift in a love that perhaps wasn't as compatible, as symbiotic or as caring as one might have thought is also, somehow, as good a reason as any. Maybe it will even, eventually, provide a funny story.

Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or-winning film “Anatomy of a Fall” finds a writer on trial for the suspicious death of her husband. Sandra Hüller stars as the widow and mother of their 11-year-old son, who is blind.


 
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