Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet won the David di Donatello for Best International Film. The award will be awarded on Friday 3 May as part of the live awards ceremony, in prime time on Rai 1, from the Cinecittà studios and broadcast for the first time in 4K, hosted by Carlo Conti and Alessia Marcuzzi.
Already winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes and the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay, Anatomy of a Fall is a psychological thriller that delves into the secrets of a family and focuses on a provocative and unconventional portrait of a woman. Sandra, played by Sandra Hüller, is a writer who lives with her husband Samuel (Swann Arlaud) and her blind son Daniel (Milo Machado Graner) in a remote mountain chalet in the French Alps. When Samuel dies under mysterious circumstances, Sandra is accused of murder and the trial exposes the tumultuous relationship she had with her husband, as well as her ambiguous personality. Things get complicated when the young son also comes to the witness stand.
Among the five nominees for the David for Best International Film, alongside Anatomy of a Fall were As Bestas by Rodrigo Sorogoyen, Kuolleet Lehdet (Leaves in the Wind) by Aki Kaurismaki, Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese, Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan .
Teodora Film, Italian distributor of the film “thanks the jurors of the Italian Film Academy and President Piera Detassis for the prestigious recognition – a note states – which once again confirms the value of Justine Triet’s film, which has also become in Italy one of the cinematic cases of the season”.
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