Anatomy of a Fall<\/em> dir. Justine Triet<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first half of Anatomy of a Fall<\/em>, the recent film from French writer and director Justine Triet, tells you many times over what it will not<\/em> do. When the central character (and suspect) Sandra tells her lawyer Vincent that she is innocent, he says (if a little pityingly), \u201cThat is not the point.\u201d Her son, Daniel, soon after finding his father (and her husband\u2019s) dead body, tells her, \u201cI want to understand.\u201d Later, Vincent warns Sandra that she must begin to see herself the way \u201cothers will perceive you.\u201d This<\/em> is the whole movie\u2013the perception versus the story versus \u201cthe truth,\u201d whatever that is. The audience are the others, and we will spend the whole movie trying to understand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n