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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

‘Beyond judgment’: courtroom drama subverted by new wave of French film

Saint Omer, directed by Alice Diop
Saint Omer, directed by Alice Diop, is a fictional retelling of a 2016 infanticide trial. Photograph: Srab Films Arte France Cinéma 2022

It has been hailed for its unconventional portrayal of a criminal trial, dissecting a couple’s relationship after a man’s deadly fall from the top floor of an Alpine chalet.

But the hit French arthouse whodunnit, Anatomy of a Fall, which competes at the Golden Globes this weekend after a series of wins at the European film awards, is also just one element of a wider of renaissance of French auteur films reinventing the courtroom drama.

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