On Hulu, I watched Anatomy of a Fall, the French movie from 2023 directed by Justine Triet that was a big Oscar movie this year. I really liked it, how it was a murder mystery that mixed in a strained couple’s fighting, their visually impaired adolescent son and his guide dog, the father’s death by falling from the family chalet and the mother being accused of murder, the recurring use of an instrumental steel drum version of 50 Cent’s “P.I.M.P.”, and how the movie had really good pacing for a two and a half hour movie that weirdly felt light and funny for a movie about a murder trial that could tear a family apart.
Sandra Huller deservedly was nominated for Best Actress, whose character may or not be a killer, and comes off as a snob sometimes, but was still compelling and interesting to watch.
I really felt for the kid in this, for him mourning his father’s death while not wanting to believe his mother could have killed him, and choosing to testify in the trial and refusing to be shielded from the gorier details of his parents’ marriage.
I had seen Saint Omer a while back, so I had already seen a depiction of how French court trials are practiced, albeit I assume both that and this movie may exaggerate for dramatic purposes. The way the trials come off like theater in a circle where everyone is speaking together and standing while testifying is definitely different to see vs. the seated witness stand next to the judge in U.S. courts.
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