After all, why did Samuel, one of the heroes of the film, die, why was he killed or why did he commit suicide Anatomy of an accidentthe film that won Justine Trier the coveted director’s prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival?

If I were to take the miraculously found audio recording used at the right time during the trial and which led to the acquittal of his wife, Sandra, the recording which, moreover, was the beginning of his decisive testimony Daniel, the only 11-year-old son of two children, would the child is perhaps even too intelligent and a little incredible to know well the strategies of argumentative discourse, then I must say that Samuel also died in time. Which he feels he’s lost, which he blames Sandra for stealing, and which he knows he can’t get back. And if I also take into account the fact that the actor who plays Vincent Renzi, Sandra’s lawyer, is called Swann Arlo (at one point during his plea to Renzi says that Samuel was project person), if we also take into account the fact that the same Samuel is present in the film solely thanks to the auditory and visual memory of Sandra and Daniel (about his memory, we are told that it would be absolutely exceptional, and it turns out that it yes), I feel justified in referring to Proust in these notes as well as to the philosophy of time-duration. Not so long ago I did it in a theater chronicle.

And this, that is, an appeal to Proust, I would like to confirm the observation that although it lasts a little over 150 minutes (relatively long for the patience of the viewer today) and although it is a psychological thriller, I would say that it is moderate (if it is not even a fake thriller) , most of which takes place in the courtroom, Anatomy of an accident it didn’t bother me at all. Vice versa. No, I didn’t watch it with my heart, I don’t even think the movie was aiming for that, but I was paying attention the whole time. I didn’t look for my cell phone, I didn’t want to know if I got the message or not. I was fascinated by the immersion in psychological analysis and how the argumentative strategies of legal discourse can meet literature. With aesthetic.

Perhaps it was also important that the film is spoken not only in English, but also in French. It was nice to hear again the flawless, elegant French, by no means streetwise, spoken by a whole bunch of actors who certainly know the meaning of pronunciation and the value of intonation, a French that is affected and not at all theatrical. Perhaps a certain role was also returned by the skeptical insertion into the economy of the musical composition in the film 50 CENT PIMP., one with consequence and history, a song that is quoted and repeated exactly when it is needed. That is, to complete the portrait or, please, the psychological profile of Samuel.

Director Justine Trier is, above all, a master of this when necessary.

Perhaps it was also important that I liked the shots taken in the snowy Alps, perhaps the fact that it had been many years since I had seen snow played a part. Many, consistent, persistent, white. A large part of the action of the film takes place in a cottage located somewhere near Grenoble, the rest – in a courtroom that is impeccable, both in terms of architecture and the behavior of the assistants. Where else do you think that Sandra and Samuel are writers or aspire to be, so the motions of the lawyers as well as the prosecutor (in French it’s called lawyer pThis ispThis isral) is largely based on what is written and preserved in Sandra’s books and interviews and Samuel’s manuscripts. Manuscripts testifying to his failure. Hence the role of the speculative and the approximate. Even the decision to acquit Sandra seems to have rather an aesthetic motivation. The film, among other things, discusses the problem of the relationship between ethics and aesthetics, as well as literary property.

French movie title Anatomy dfall In Romanian cinemas, translation was chosen Anatomy of an accident. I would prefer, not necessarily due to I don’t know what Shakespearean reminiscences, a translation Anatomy of a fall. In both formulas, however, the ambivalence of the meaning on which everything is based remains. Samuel dies as a result of falling from the third floor of the cabin (a deliberate or forced fall), this after he had previously fallen, please fell, humanly and professionally.

Sandra is of German origin, Samuel is French. She is a recognized writer, a convinced bisexual, he is just a very good former literature teacher who aspires to literary fame. They have a son together, the super-gifted Daniel, who at the age of 4 is the victim of an accident, as a result of which he is on the verge of losing his sight forever. Samuel is accused of creating it. Hence his remorse, hence the crisis into which the man is deepening, hence the family’s decision to move to a chalet in the Alps (the place where Samuel grew up), a decision that Sandra did not like. Hence the financial problems, hence the deepening of the cracks in the couple, hence the more frequent and sharper arguments, hence Sandra’s sexual mistakes and her husband’s jealousy. Hence his mysterious death.

He tells about everything in lavish detail, effectively relying on alternation AT.ésent-passé, passé-pésentone, after all, Proustian, on the frequent appeal to large plans, often even on thickening (by the way, some close-ups also show the dog Messi, endowed with a rather decorative appearance and with blue eyes, like Daniel’s), a film directed by Justine Trier about the deliberate refusal to rush.

The German-born actress Sandra Hüller almost flawlessly plays an intelligent woman, clearly superior, ready to describe everything at any moment. Including your own life. A fact that is reproached by a student (Camilla Rugerford), who came to an unsuccessful interview because of Sandra’s euphoria, as well as because of Samuel’s crisis of jealousy. Jealousy deleted. It is indicated by a melody 50 CENT PIMP. play with maximum intensity. Samuel is a character we know thanks to some Flash back– hatred Samuel is played by Samuel Tice. Yes, some actors gave their names to the characters they play. Samuel, the character, in some episodes (for example, the one where the dog’s illness is mentioned, and because should) acquires the voice of the one whose memory returns. Yes, at Daniel’s. _

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