Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall follows Sandra (Sandra Hüller), a German writer accused of killing her husband, Samuel (Samuel Theis), who is found dead in the snow outside the family’s chalet. In the film, we observe the trial, her troubled past relationship, and the forming and deteriorating relationship between Sandra and her son, Daniel (Milo Machado Graner).
Upon its release, Anatomy of a Fall received critical acclaim and received seven BAFTA nominations including for Best Film, Best Director, and Best Leading Actress.
Here are the best quotes from Anatomy of a Fall.
- Sandra Voyter: Somebody said, of course money doesn’t make you happy, but it’s still better to cry in a car than in a subway.
- Sandra Voyter: Sometimes a couple is kind of a chaos and everybody is lost. Sometimes we fight together and sometimes we fight alone, and sometimes we fight against each other, that happens.
- Sandra Voyter: My love. I just want you to know that I’m not that monster, you know. Everything you hear in the trial it’s just.. it’s twisted. It wasn’t like that.
- Maître Vincent Renzi: This is very problematic.
- Sandra Voyter: I can’t trust someone if I can’t put an animal’s head on them.
- Maître Vincent Renzi: You were… a bit lost, as I can remember, and… lonely, and… ambitious.
- Maître Vincent Renzi: I think a lot of things I don’t tell you. Otherwise, you’d fire me right now.
- Sandra Voyter: In your head, you’re thinking, aren’t you, because sometimes, when you look at me, just like right now, I can feel that you are judging me.
- Samuel Maleski: First of all, I don’t believe in the notion of reciprocity in a couple. It’s naive and, frankly, it’s depressing.
- Sandra Voyter: I do adapt. I take Daniel to school.
- Samuel Maleski: Look at you, even your bullshit moral, it’s bullshit moralizing what you do.
- Samuel Maleski: You impose your rhythm, your use of time, you even impose your language.
- Samuel Maleski: Your generosity conceals something dirtier and meaner.
