The winner of this year’s Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival, Justine Triet’s drama is a riveting procedural and a delicate inquiry into the impossibility of finding the real truth in human relationships.

When the husband of famous novelist Sandra Voyter (played by Toni Erdmann’s Sandra Hüller) is found dead on the ground outside their chalet in the French Alps, authorities suspect that she might have been responsible, as the impact and position of his body suggest a push rather than a fall. This leads to a murder trial that puts every aspect of their marriage under scrutiny, and Triet’s emotionally devastating film dissects the ways we create subjective narratives for ourselves.

Anatomy Of A Fall has earned five 2024 Academy Award nominations and swept the awards at 36th European Film Awards, winning Best European Film, Director, Screenplay (with Arthur Harari) and actress for Sandra Hüller.

Charles Coleman, FACETS‘ Film Program Director has selected Anatomy of a Fall as one of his Top Ten Films from the year 2023. View the full list here.