# The Goldman Case

The Goldman Case (French: Le Procès Goldman) is 2023 French semi-biographical legal docudrama film starring Arieh Worthalter as Pierre Goldman, a far-left militant who was accused of four murders and his relationship with his lawyer Georges Kiejman.
It had its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2023. It was released in France on 27 September 2023. It received eight nominations at the 49th César Awards, and won Best Actor (for Worthalter).

## Cast

* Arieh Worthalter as Pierre Goldman
* Arthur Harari as Georges Kiejman
* Stéphan Guérin-Tillié as The President
* Nicolas Briançon as Henri-René Garaud
* Aurélien Chaussade as the Advocate General
* Christian Mazucchini as Bartoli
* Jeremy Lewin as Chouraqui
* Chloé Lecerf as Christiane Succab-Goldman
* Jerzy Radziwiłowicz as Alter Goldman
* Laetitia Masson as The Psychiatrist
* Didier Borga as Commissaire Jobard
* Arthur Verret as Monsieur Aubert
* Priscilla Lopes as Madame Carrel
* Paul Jeanson as Agent Quinet
* François Favrat as Commissaire Leclerc
* Maxime Tshibangu as Joël Lautric
* Romain Parent as Inspector Goussard
* Lucas Olmedo as Oswaldo Baretto
* Ulysse Dutilloy-Liégeois as Jean-Jacques Goldman

## Release

The film was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 17 May 2023. The film was theatrically released in France on 27 September 2023 by Ad Vitam.

## Reception
### Critical response

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 97% based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 7.6/10. Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". On AlloCiné, the film received an average rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars, based on 36 reviews from French critics.

### Accolades

| Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Film | The Goldman Case | Nominated |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Director | Cédric Kahn | Nominated |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | Arthur Harari | Nominated |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Hertzberg | Nominated |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Cinematography | Patrick Ghiringhelli | Nominated |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Editing | Yann Dedet | Nominated |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Sound | Erwann Kerzanet, Sylvain Malbrant, and Olivier Guillaume | Nominated |
| Lumière Awards | 22 January 2024 | Best Film | The Goldman Case | Nominated |
| Lumière Awards | 22 January 2024 | Best Director | Cédric Kahn | Nominated |
| Lumière Awards | 22 January 2024 | Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won |
| Lumière Awards | 22 January 2024 | Best Male Revelation | Arthur Harari | Nominated |
| Lumière Awards | 22 January 2024 | Best Screenplay | Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Hertzberg | Nominated |
| Magritte Awards | 9 March 2024 | Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won |
| Miskolc International Film Festival | 9 September 2023 | Emeric Pressburger Prize for Best Feature Film | The Goldman Case | Nominated |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Male Revelation | Arthur Harari | Nominated |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Herzberg | Nominated |