France’s Oscars Committee Reveals International Feature Shortlist, Including Justine Triet’s ‘Anatomy of a Fall’
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent “Anatomy of a Fall,” Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or winning film, is one of the five movies shortlisted by France’s Oscars committee to represent the country in the international feature film race.
The movie, which was acquired by Neon at Cannes, was pre-selected alongside “The Taste of Things” (previously titled “The Pot-au-Feu,” a culinary romance starring Juliette Binoche which won best director at Cannes for French-Vietnamese filmmaker Trần Anh Hùng); “The Scent of Green Papaya”; Clement Cogitore’s “Goutte d’or”; Thomas Cailley’s supernatural coming-of-age drama “The Animal Kingdom”; and Denis Imbert’s “Sur les chemins noirs.” The year’s selection committee includes sales agents Sabine Chemaly and Tanja Meissner, producers Charles Gillibert and Patrick Wachsberger, directors Olivier Assayas and Mounia Meddour, and Oscar-winning composer Alexandre Desplat.
A courtroom drama exploring the collapse of a marriage and a mother-son relationship, “Anatomy of a Fall” has earned the best score at the French box office in many years.
Produced by David Thion and Marie-Ange Luciani, the movie is driven by a powerful performance by German actor Sandra Huller (“The Zone of Interest”).
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