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Neon Acquires Courtroom Drama ‘Anatomy of a Fall’

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Neon has acquired Justine Triet’s Hitchcockian courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall.”

The U.S. distributor has been “aggressively pursuing” the competitors title, which premiered in Cannes on Sunday to rapturous evaluations and early Palme d’Or buzz. Within the 150-minute movie, a pissed off author dies of suspicious causes, abandoning clues that implicate his spouse (Sandra Hüller) of his homicide.

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A lot of the movie is targeted on the following trial, and options German star Hüller, recognized to worldwide audiences for “Toni Erdmann,” delivering a powerhouse efficiency as a lady combating to clear her identify whereas defending the couple’s younger son. (Hüller beforehand teamed with Triet for psychological drama “Sibyl,” which additionally competed for the Palme d’Or at Cannes in 2019.)

In his evaluation, Selection critic Peter Debruge writes: “From the opening scene, set in an unfinished chalet within the French Alps, it typically feels as if the film is eavesdropping on moments too intimate to be shared — besides that husband and spouse are each novelists, and home battle serves because the uncooked materials of their work.”

Since its premiere, “Anatomy of a Fall” has drawn comparability’s to Alice Diop’s French-language courtroom drama “Saint Omer,” which wooed audiences in Venice and Toronto final 12 months. Neon’s boutique distribution label Tremendous swooped for the movie throughout TIFF, and the pic went on to symbolize France within the worldwide function Oscar race, getting shortlisted however finally lacking out on a nomination.

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“Anatomy of a Fall” is markedly completely different in material and strategy, however holds an viewers’s consideration all through its 2.5-hour runtime because of complicated psychological portraits of its two protagonists — one in every of whom dies within the first 10 minutes of the film. (There’s additionally a criminally catchy instrumental rendition of fifty Cent’s “P.I.M.P.” early on within the movie that lingers for days, and a border collie that steals the present.)

The deal marks one thing of a thaw within the Cannes gross sales market, the place enterprise is transferring at glacial tempo this 12 months attributable to an abundance of warning by consumers challenged by making an attempt financial situations. A sluggish U.S. specialty market can be prompting extra vigilance across the sorts of flicks which are acquired, with consumers looking out for titles with built-in hooks, conceits or star energy that can translate on the large display.

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