This award-winning (largely courtroom) thriller has the seemingly simple premise of a writer's husband falling to his death at their secluded chalet in the mountains, the movie then following the subsequent investigation and trial with a bleak elegance and intimate precision. Exploring the justice system, truth vs. fiction, relationships and the impact of grief together with their interaction makes for absorbing viewing as the evidence unfolds in determining the innocence or guilt of the wife. Sandra Huller totally inhabits the role of the wife in every frame, on-screen for almost all of the movie and negotiating a not-particularly-likeable character, young Milo Macada-Graner is notable for handling the demanding role of the son well, and director Triet controls the film with a quiet clarity, such as a terrific scene which juxtaposes the huge courtroom arena with the claustrophobia of marital discord in a blistering piece of recorded evidence, also played out in intercut flashback. Anatomy Of A Fall is a demanding but superbly-executed piece of work.
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