‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Director Justine Triet on Her Forensic Approach to Filmmaking: ‘What’s Important Is What Lies Underneath’
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent Justine Triet, who is best-known for Oscar and Palme d’Or-winning courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall,” says she could have become a lawyer, if she had not veered into filmmaking to dissect reality using a somewhat forensic approach.In a wide-ranging conversation held Saturday by Triet at the Marrakech Film Festival with “Anatomy of a Fall” producer and close friend Marie-Ange Luciani, the revered French auteur noted that she comes from the documentaries milieu and uses fiction to “reach a catharsis about something I want to confront.” With “Anatomy” – which at its core is about a warring husband and wife – the film’s inception had to do with the complexities of female empowerment, even though, “It would be horrible to start writing a film by saying I want to make a film about Metoo,” she pointed out. “But of course that’s something that was around me,” she added.