Anatomía de una caída

Otra excelente actuación de Sandra Hüller, que este año apareció en dos películas que compitieron en Cannes (la otra es La zona de interés). Aunque ella es el personaje principal, no sabemos todo el tiempo si es culpable o no. Tiene generalmente una cara y expresión muy frías, sentimos a la asesina en ella, pero interpreta a la inocente con total naturalidad. El hecho de haberla elegido para este papel ya fue una gran idea. Por lo demás, una película con muchos diálogos y un metraje largo, que también incluye un juicio en la corte con una interesante investigación procesal de un evento trágico. En términos de dirección, está muy bien guiada por la ambigüedad en la difícil búsqueda de la verdad. [Cannes FF] (27.05.2023)

Justine Triet presenta un estudio magníficamente redactado y rodado de los lazos familiares en el momento de la mayor prueba de confianza, pero para ser honesto, me pasó por alto por un amplio margen. Desafortunadamente, este largo drama, en gran parte procedimental, es tan frío como el hocico del perro que aparece en él o como el entorno montañoso en el que se desarrolla. Probablemente fue una elección creativa, pero para mí, todos esos momentos dramáticos cruciales por los que tuve que esperar mucho tiempo no funcionaron en absoluto y no me interesaron. La ambigüedad de algunas de las expresiones fue algo agradable, pero aun así, definitivamente estoy a kilómetros de distancia de cualquier entusiasmo como espectador. [KVIFF 2023] (26.07.2023)

I was quite curious about Anatomy of a Fall due to the positive reviews and its success at all kinds of festivals, and after watching it I can agree that it is definitely a noteworthy film. It skillfully mixes relationship and courtroom drama and thanks to the suspenseful story, in which the pieces of the puzzle are gradually and efficiently put together, it manages to keep the viewer extremely interested for almost the entire duration. Anatomy of a Fall is first and foremost an acting tour-de-force by Sandra Hüller, whose character is incredibly plastic, you don’t really doesn't know which "judgement" (guilty or innocent) to lean towards for most of the time. Among the other performances, the young Daniel and the slick Antoine Reinartz also deserve praise. I would criticise the film for its somewhat tedious conclusion and also the form of the decisive testimony in the case – I guess I was expecting "something more". But if you look at it from a certain point of view, the film can seem ambiguous and open at the end, which can certainly be assessed positively. Either way, Anatomy of a Fall is definitely worth a watch. P. S. (Spoiler alert!) Poor dog! (22.01.2024)

Flawless, pure dramatic form with the magnetic Sandra Hüller and a fantastic child actor. The film’s strength flows from the way it takes the central detective mystery from the field of a procedural crime movies to that of a character study with the child protagonist at the center. The post-Cannes hype was enormous, though I had mild reservations about Anatomy of a Fall due to the fact that it is in some respects too cold and professorial. (06.07.2023)

God, I am so pissed!! The worst cinema experience of this year. I accidentally stepped in shit when I preferred this to DiCaprio, as I love courtroom movies (what could possibly go wrong?), but to get my Anatomy and Dissection without anesthetics! I really didn't expect it. Anatomy of a Fall is one of those movies that when it ends, half the theater screams with joy FINALLY!!! and goes to buy champagne and get really drunk that this shit is finally over, because I couldn’t believe it anymore! (I thought it was funny to look around the hall half way through the film and realise that half the people were actually asleep). It terms of craftsmanship, it's a cheap film that looks like it was made by a law student (terrible cinematography, ugly visuals, no film look), it has a crazy 150 miinute running time with a painfully slow pace (I've really never seen a worse courtroom film in my life). Moreover, the whole film evoked for me the Michael Peterson case (The Staircase), but that was a level above in every way. The execution for me is almost repulsive and the trial is absolutely bland (the best performance here is by a dog!), and the biggest kick in the balls comes at the very end where you get no explanation. A murder mystery without revelation, that's what I call a bold move, which makes me wonder for what purpose such a film was made in the first place? I want to turn back time, I want to turn back money, I want to turn back the mood. I'm going to go and watch the French film Guilty immediately to fix my mood (which coincidentally has an identical 85%, but the qualities are completely different). This really sounds like a bad April Fool's joke. I was going crazy with boredom in the cinema like I haven't in a long time. For my part, this is the prototypical boring arthouse drama that I heartily hate. Had I played the movie at home, I would have thrown the TV out the window in a huff! Terrible. 2/10. (23.10.2023)