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Sandra Hüller and Samuel Theis in a scene from Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall

Directed by: Justine Triet

Nationwide, 15A

Rating: ****

There was a flutter of shock at this year’s Cannes festival when Justine Triet’s psychological drama Anatomy of a Fall triumphed over the more-fancied Zone of Interest to take the Palme d’Or. While we must wait until February to see Jonathan Glazer’s Holocaust drama, there’s enough bracing complexity in this masterful probing of a woman accused of murder to keep audiences gripped in ...