Anatomy of a Fall: Justine Triet provides two clues to understanding the film’s ending

Anatomy of a Fall: Justine Triet provides two clues to understanding the film’s ending

A far from insignificant word pronounced during Justine Triet’s award speech at the Golden Globes, a piece of advice from the director who invites us to look at a very specific character… and if we were on the verge of understanding the plot of Anatomy of a fall ?

A few months after its release in theaters, The Mystery of‘Anatomy of a fall continues to hover. Did Sandra kill her husband?played by Samuel Theis ? Or was it the latter suicide ? Among the public, suspense gives rise to the most heated debates, without director Justine Triet ever having done so decided this question publicly.

While the film’s career continues to proceed at great speed, with the victory for best foreign film and best screenplay at the Golden Globes, the director seems to have leaked some suggestive clues about the hidden meaning of the film…

Two fights, a suicidea dog vomiting

During her acceptance speech at the Golden Globes, a phrase from Justine Triet particularly caught attention. Talking about the process of writing the film with her husband, director and actor Arthur Harari, Justine Triet let slip one word:

We said to ourselves, ‘Well, it’s very dark, radical, no one will come to see it. It’s too long, they talk non-stop, there’s no music, two fights, a suicide, a dog that vomits. But I’m making this radical movie, and then I’ll make a series that will make us money.’ I don’t know when it went off the rails, but thanks. »

Anatomy of a Fall: Justine Triet provides two clues to understanding the film’s ending
Sandra screams in Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Sort // Source: Le Pacte

As noted by Huffington Postthe director confided Entertainment weekly know the truth about this matter. “I made a decision with my co-writer”he declared, before specifying:


“But it really was It’s important not to talk about it with the actors on the set, because this is not the purpose of the film, on the contrary ambiguous. For example, maybehe didn’t kill himBut it could have pushed him to suicide. There are many possibilities. It’s not so black and white. »

“I have some advice for you: look at the dog”

Despite the opacity of this first clue, a second emerged on Thursday 11 January during the National Board Awards ceremony, where the film received the Prix du best foreign film. During her acceptance speech, Justine Triet this time drew attention to a character in the film who is neither Sandra nor her husband, but their dog, Snoop.

“I think many of you are still wondering whether Sandra killed her husband or not. I have some advice for you: look at the dog. He’s an animal, he has instinct, maybe he knows it. »

Messi // Source: Laura Martin
Messi // Source: Laura Martin

What if the answer had always been there and all it took was looking into the eyes of Snoop, whose real name is Messi?

In any case, the career of the cinema dog is not destined to end: the director took the opportunity to announce that Messi will soon fly to the United States to continue promoting the film. We may be entitled to new clues… business to follow.


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