Anatomy of a Fall (The Criterion Collection) [DVD]

This is a terrific "courtroom" drama, with great acting. A wife and mother comes under suspicion of murder in the death of her husband, and her partially blind 11-year-old son comes under questioning. The unfolding of the film was so engrossing, I became completely absorbed in it. Excellent. Must mention that the reviewer who is saying the director was geared politically by the Heard situation and intentionally drawing on it is WRONG. The director was in the process of filming the trial when she became familiar with the Heard/Depp trial. The script was already written with her co-author. She did not use that trial or intend to comment on it with this movie. I wish amazon would vet these reviews better or allow comments again. Anatomy of a Fall is not political propaganda.

Watched it when it first came out on streaming and I KNEW I had to buy the DVD. I cannot wait until it arrives! It's a fantastic movie!

After I read the plot of this film on Wiki and downloaded it for free (I need to preview films before I spend money on it) I became immediately suspicious of the intent of this film, and doing a little googling I was proven correct. The French writer/ director Justine Triet was "outraged" by the "misogyny" of the Depp-Heard trial-- in other words the "abandonment" of the "believe all women" mantra in favor of the due process rights of the accused. Triet even attempts to "discredit" the audio evidence that enlightened many about the true nature of Heard and helped expose her; the film includes an audio played during the "misogynistic" trial in which the woman accused of killing her husband sounds like a "monster" but she really isn't because she "only" hit him once and he was "hitting" himself after that. What a ridiculous premise! This film is a contrivance with a gender political motive to deceive the gullible, and because of that it discredits both the director and her film as well as film critics and the Oscars. For foisting this shameless propaganda film on the public, Criterion doesn't deserve people paying them good money for this

The film “Anatomy of a Fall” is not based on a true story or any real individuals, including Amber Heard. The director, Justine Triet, along with co-writer Arthur Harari, crafted the screenplay inspired by general issues in relationships and dynamics within a marriage. The other review that mentions Amber's name is 100% making it up and it is sad that this is how the internet works these days.

I can’t wait to add to my criterion collection films.

Riveting from start to finish and the Oscar win for Best Screenplay was rightfully earned!