Anatomy of a Fall | Film Review

When a woman (Sandra Hüller) is accused of murdering her husband (Samuel Theis), their blind 11-year-old son ( Milo Machado Graner) faces a dilemma as the only witness. When the Best Picture nominees were announced, this was one of the ones I was most looking forward to. Not just because of the interesting plot, but because of the way people spoke about it. I knew it would definitely be one to watch. I really really liked this film. It's so compelling from the very beginning and you become engrossed in the story really quickly. I found that at some points it was hard to look away from the screen. The film was really interesting throughout, but my favourite scenes were definitely the ones in the courtroom. The camera movements were great, there were so many unique shots. If the plot wasn't interesting enough by itself, it was definitely an interesting watch visually. The way the story is told, going back and forth between the present and the past, is really well done. I really l...