In a remote town in the French Alps, a man is found dead in the snow and his wife is suspected of her husband's murder, their blind son the only witness. Part legal thriller and part family drama, the film is a taut, suspenseful, and thrilling story about perception, truth, and ambition wrapped in a heady puzzle.
“Prepare to be wowed by one of the best movies of the year, starring a sensational Sandra Hüller (heads up, Oscar) in Justine Triet’s forensic anatomy of a marriage told through the compulsively watchable story of a wife on trial for killing her husband.” - Peter Travers, ABC News
“Surprisingly gripping for a film devoid of real action, this family drama masquerading as a murder-mystery touches on universal marital tensions; it is both enigmatic and very human.” - Laura Venning, Empire Magazine
“Triet builds a taut did-she-do-it tension while also working in discomfiting questions about marital power dynamics and how much an artist’s work really reveals about their character.” - Raphael Abraham, Financial Times
Watch the trailer https://youtu.be/wUvs_bpgPgs.
Director: Justine Triet / Cast: Sandra Hüller, Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado Graner / France 2 hrs 30 mins / Language: English, French, German / Genre: Drama, Thriller / Rating: PG (Coarse language; violence). Some Subtitles.
Winner of the Palme d'or at the Cannes Film Festival.
Golden Globe Nominations: Best Motion Picture – Drama; Best Performance By An Actress In A Motion Picture – Drama for Sandra Hüller; Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language; Best Screenplay. Film Independent Spirit Awards Nomination for Best International Film.
Monday Cinema is presented by Trail and District Arts Council and screens at The Royal Theatre, 1597 Bay Avenue, Trail.
All films begin at 4:00 pm.
Tickets $12 at tickets.trail-arts.com or call the Box Office at 250-368-9669 Monday to Friday from 12-4 pm. Only 143 tickets available for this screening. If tickets are available, they will go on sale at the venue 30 minutes before the screening.
The Monday Cinema series is part of the Toronto International Film Festival Film Circuit and proudly supported by Wellington Altus Private Wealth Management and MP Wealth Advisory.
Other films in the Fall Monday Cinema series are:
January 8: Who’s Yer Father - In this laugh-out-loud caper, a small-town private investigator is hired by a wealthy seafood buyer to investigate the sale of black market lobster on Prince Edward Island. After joining forces with a scrappy convenience store owner, he uncovers much more than expected.
January 15: Fallen Leaves (Subtitled) - In modern-day Finland, two lonely souls in search of love meet in a karaoke bar. But their path to happiness is beset by obstacles - from lost numbers to wrong addresses, and a charming, stray dog.
January 22: Dumb Money - In this subversively funny ‘David vs. Goliath’ true story, a regular guy, who sank his life savings into GameStop (the video game store) stock in 2021 and posted about it online, makes his followers rich and Wall Street billionaires angry.
January 29: Anatomy of a Fall (Subtitled) - In a remote town in the French Alps, a man is found dead in the snow and his wife is suspected of her husband's murder, their blind son the only witness. Part legal thriller and part family drama, the film is a taut, suspenseful, and thrilling story about perception, truth, and ambition wrapped in a heady puzzle.
February 5: Maestro - A love letter to life and art, “Maestro” tells the complex love story of Leonard Bernstein and Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein over 30 years, led by a pair of powerful performances, “Maestro” serves as a stirring overview of a tremendous talent's life and legacy.
February 12: The Persian Version (Some subtitles) – In this dramedy, Iranian-American Leila strives to find balance between her opposing cultures. But when her large family gathers in New York a family secret leads the estranged mother and daughter to discover they are more alike than they know.
February 19: No film on Family Day
February 26: Driving Madeleine (Subtitled) - Madeleine, 92, calls a taxi to reach the retirement home where she must live from now on. She asks Charles, a disillusioned driver, to pass by the places in Paris that mattered in her life. As Madeleine’s extraordinary past emerges both lives are changed.
March 4: Scrapper - Georgie is a 12-year-old girl who lives on her own in London. She’s happy about it, in fact she’d rather have it that way. But, when her estranged father turns up out of blue, she’s forced to confront what’s really going on.
March 11: The Teacher's Lounge (Subtitled) - Carla is an idealistic sports and math teacher at a high school. When a series of thefts occur at the school, she decides to get to the bottom of the matter on her own. But as she tries to do everything right, the pressure threatens to break her.