Let's Break Down Who Did It In ANATOMY OF A FALL
The biggest spoiler of this movie is that there are no spoilers.
In Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall, a black screen flickers in that sweet spot between credits and feature presentation. It stays for a few seconds then flits away quickly enough to feel subconscious.
It holds a web address and a question: didshedoit.com
Then you’re thrown into the beautiful mountain-side chalet where our protagonist Sandra’s husband will die from an extreme yet oddly positioned fall.
You’re so curious about the external cross-reference to the film’s thesis—yes, a question as its thesis—that it stays in your brain through every scene.
In the moments when you are paying attention in the movie, asking yourself the same question—did she do it?—you remind yourself of the website.
Anatomy of a Fall is a movie about a couple. Both of them are writers. One of them is successful. They have a son who was blinded in an ac…
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