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1/29/2024

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Unwitnessed, a man falls from an upper level of his remote home to his death and is eventually discovered by his blind son. The man's wife, who claims to have been napping at the time of the fall, becomes a suspect. Because the son will be a witness during the case, the court assigns a companion to ensure that his testimony is not influenced while he continues to live with his mother.

This is an excellent courtroom drama. Though I went back and forth on whether the wife was guilty, the ambiguity was more a fact of the unwitnessed occurrence rather than a source of frustration. The fantastic script holds interest throughout and all nominations are well-earned, though it's a shame that Milo Machado Graner as the son was overlooked. He's a marvel.

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