# Anatomy of a Fall

Anatomy of a Fall (French: Anatomie d'une chute) is a 2023 French legal drama film, directed by Justine Triet from a screenplay she co-wrote with Arthur Harari. It stars Sandra Hüller as a writer trying to prove her innocence in her husband's death. Appearing in supporting roles are Swann Arlaud, Milo Machado-Graner, Antoine Reinartz, Samuel Theis, Jehnny Beth, Saadia Bentaïeb, Camille Rutherford, Anne Rotger, and Sophie Fillières.
The film premiered at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023, where it won the Palme d'Or and the Palm Dog Award, and competed for the Queer Palm. It was released theatrically in France by Le Pacte on 23 August 2023, receiving critical acclaim, selling over 1.9 million admissions in France, and winning six awards at the 49th César Awards, including Best Film. The film also received five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Triet), Best Actress (Hüller), and won Best Original Screenplay.

## Plot

In an isolated mountain chalet near Grenoble, novelist Sandra Voyter decides to reschedule her interview with a female student because her husband, university lecturer Samuel Maleski, plays music loudly in their attic, disrupting the interview. After the student drives away from the chalet, Sandra's visually impaired son, Daniel, takes a walk outside with his guide dog Snoop. When they return home, Daniel finds Samuel dead from an apparent fall.
Sandra insists that the fall must have been accidental. Her old friend and lawyer, Vincent, suggests the possibility of suicide, while Sandra recalls her husband's attempt to overdose on aspirin six months earlier, after going off antidepressants. After an investigation, Daniel's conflicting accounts of what happened shortly before his father's death, combined with the revelation that Samuel sustained a head wound before his body hit the ground and an audio recording of a fight between Samuel and Sandra the previous day, Sandra is indicted on charges of homicide.
During the trial, Sandra's defense team claims Samuel fell from the attic window and hit his head on a shed below, while the prosecution posits that Sandra hit him with a blunt object and pushed him from the second-floor balcony. During a courtroom argument with Samuel's psychiatrist, Sandra admits her resentment toward her husband due to his partial responsibility for the accident that led to Daniel's impaired vision.
In the recorded fight, Samuel accuses Sandra of plagiarism, infidelity, and exerting control over his life, before their protracted argument turns physically violent. The prosecution claims that all the violence came from Sandra. She counters that while she had slapped Samuel, the rest of the violence heard was her husband self-harming. After Sandra admits to an affair with a woman the year before Samuel's death, the prosecution argues that Samuel's loud music indicated jealousy over Sandra's flirting with the interviewer, leading to the physical confrontation later. The prosecutor also notes Sandra's pattern of writing personal conflicts into her stories, and how murdering her husband mirrors a minor character's thoughts from her most recent novel. In turn, Sandra protests that one recording does not represent the nature of their relationship, nor do the words of a character in a novel reflect her own inclinations.
A distraught Daniel insists on testifying before closing arguments the following Monday. The judge lays strict ground rules to prevent anyone from influencing his testimony and brings in a court monitor, Marge. Daniel then asks that Sandra leave their house for the weekend so he can be alone with Marge and Snoop. He recalls that when Samuel overdosed, Snoop also fell sick, possibly due to having eaten Samuel's vomit. He then deliberately feeds Snoop aspirin and finds it has the same effect, which aligns with Sandra's testimony. Daniel confides to Marge his anguish, and she advises him that if he doesn't know what is really true, he can instead decide what's true for him.
On the witness stand, Daniel says he can comprehend his father taking his own life but not the murder scenario. He says that when he and Samuel were driving Snoop to the veterinarian, Samuel spoke about the need to be prepared that those he loves will die and to know that his life will go on, which Daniel now interprets as his father's own suicidal thoughts. Sandra is acquitted following Daniel's testimony. When she returns home, Daniel tells her he was afraid of her homecoming and she says that she was too; the two embrace. As Sandra heads to bed, she lingers at a photo of her and Samuel before falling asleep with Snoop.

## Cast

* Sandra Hüller as Sandra Voyter
* Swann Arlaud as Vincent Renzi
* Milo Machado-Graner as Daniel Maleski
* Antoine Reinartz as the prosecutor
* Samuel Theis as Samuel Maleski
* Jehnny Beth as Marge Berger
* Saadia Bentaïeb [fr] as Nour
* Camille Rutherford as Zoé Solidor
* Anne Rotger as the President
* Sophie Fillières as Monica
* Messi as Snoop

## Production
### Development

On 10 July 2021, Variety reported that Les Films Pelléas and Les Films de Pierre would co-produce Justine Triet's fourth feature film, Anatomie d'une chute, co-written by Triet and Arthur Harari, and described as "a Hitchcockian procedural thriller". International sales were handled by mk2 Films.
Triet said that the genesis of Anatomy of a Fall stemmed from her longstanding desire to create another trial film since her 2016 production, In Bed with Victoria. In an interview with Paris Match, she explained: "I really wanted to address the legal question in all its details, to delve into issues of relationships and cohabitation. It was also a pretext to dissect every aspect of their lives." Triet further expressed her fascination with the Amanda Knox case, wherein a young American woman was accused of murdering her roommate, Meredith Kercher, in Italy in 2007.
Triet has also stated that "the fundamental question of the film is the question of reciprocity in the couple" in an interview with The New Yorker, stating that "culturally, women have always been at home, and men have gone out into the world and have had the time to think, to reflect, to have ideas [...] The fact of having a female character who's a creator, who writes books, who is in the position, at last, of taking time to write, means that it's the man who suffers [...] It's something universal and fundamental vis à vis the place of men and women in the family".
Triet wrote Anatomy of a Fall for Sandra Hüller, marking their second collaboration following the 2019 comedy-drama film Sibyl. When Hüller was cast in the role of a German writer who is accused of murdering her French husband in France, Triet told the actress that the language would be an important subject in the film, as the couple did not speak the same language and communicated through English. Hüller wanted to speak French in the film, but Triet rejected the idea. "It was very important to have this sensitivity, this feeling that the husband and the wife don't speak the same language, so they communicate through a third language, English. There was also this idea of what it means to be a foreigner on trial in France. To be tried in a country that is not your own can be tough because you're judged for how you express yourself but as you're not speaking in your mother tongue and there are lots of filters between you and your reality. The fact she is a German who speaks English and tries to speak French that creates lots of masks and clouds the issue, creating more confusion around who she is", Triet told Deadline Hollywood.
Hüller learned to speak French for Anatomy of a Fall, although her character speaks mostly English in the film, because she wanted her character to be able to understand what she was saying in French. Hüller learned French in three or four months. In the screenplay, there is a scene where Sandra speaks a few lines in German with a photographer who is taking photos of her with her son and their dog at the chalet for a photoshoot that would be released in Germany, but the scene was not included in the theatrical cut and Hüller did not speak any German in the film.
On set, Hüller repeatedly asked Triet whether her character was guilty or not, but the director refused to answer. Triet ended up instructing Hüller to play her character as innocent, which Triet later said was "very sneaky", since Hüller did not have an answer. When a journalist asked Triet at the Golden Globe Awards press room in January 2024 if Sandra did kill her husband, Triet replied: "I will tell you in 10 years."
The film was supposed to include a sex scene between Sandra and her lawyer Vincent, but the scene was scrapped thanks to producer Marie-Ange Luciani, who found the scene too "'80s". Hüller agreed with Luciani's decision and said: "Why do people always have to prove they love each other by going to bed with each other? It's so dull!"
The original song meant for the scene where the character Samuel blasts on his stereo on the day he dies was "Jolene", but as the film was unable to acquire the rights, the song "P.I.M.P." was used. Triet described the choice, saying: "I loved the joy and the almost hypnotic quality of [Jolene], and in the trial scenes, there was a whole dissection of the lyrics—certain lyrics that could be interpreted as the husband sending a signal. [P.I.M.P] has lyrics that are pretty misogynistic, obviously. But it also has something quite warm about it, which contrasts hugely with the situation that this character is about to go through: the discovery of her dead husband."

### Filming

Principal photography began at the end of February 2022 and wrapped up on 13 May 2022. Filming took place mostly in the region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, such as in Maurienne and Villarembert in Savoie, and in Montbonnot-Saint-Martin and Grenoble in Isère. The courtroom scenes were shot in the courthouse of Saintes, Charente-Maritime, where a large allegory of justice was hung as background (the courthouse retained it after filming); some scenes were shot in Paris.

## Release
### Theatrical

Anatomy of a Fall had its world premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2023. Le Pacte released it theatrically in France on 23 August 2023. It was also screened at the 27th Lima Film Festival in the Acclaimed section on 13 August 2023. It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in the "Icon" section and was screened on 8 October 2023.
In May 2023, Neon acquired the North American distribution rights. Neon released the film in a limited theatrical release in the United States on 13 October 2023 before expanding to more theaters the following week. In September 2023, Lionsgate UK acquired the UK and Ireland distribution rights from Picturehouse Entertainment, and set a release date for 10 November 2023.

### Home media

Anatomy of a Fall was released in France digitally, and on Blu-ray and DVD on 21 December 2023 by Le Pacte, with distribution handled by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment France. On 24 February 2024, it began streaming on MyCanal.
The Criterion Collection released a Blu-ray and DVD edition of the film in the North American market on 28 May 2024.

## Reception
### Critical response

The film received critical acclaim. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 96% of 285 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.5/10. The website's consensus reads: "A smart, solidly crafted procedural that's anchored in family drama, Anatomy of a Fall finds star Sandra Hüller and director/co-writer Justine Triet operating at peak power." Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 86 out of 100, based on 44 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". AlloCiné gave the film an average rating of 4.4/5, based on 40 French reviews.
Triet and Hüller were praised by critics, and Le Figaro described the film as the "most ambitious and successful film" of Triet's career. Jon Frosch of The Hollywood Reporter wrote: "A director and actress in peak form. Sandra Hüller is brilliant, sensational. An exciting step forward for a filmmaker who seems primed for greater international recognition." Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian gave the film four out of five stars, writing: "Sandra Hüller's calm directness as an actor is what gives the film its texture, substance and emotional force." Damon Wise of Deadline Hollywood wrote: "Sandra Hüller shines. A cerebral smash that might finally bring the [Cannes] Best Actress award that its star, Sandra Hüller, was cruelly denied in 2016. Hüller's screen magnetism cannot be denied."
For David Sims of The Atlantic, the film "works largely because Hüller, a German actress probably best known for her role in Toni Erdmann, gives an extraordinary performance already being tipped for Oscar success". Steve Pond of TheWrap wrote that the film "is straightforward in its style but sophisticated in the way Triet doles out information. It's tense, unbearably so at times, but also subtle and satisfying". Alexandra Heller-Nicholas of Alliance of Women Film Journalists wrote: "Both in front and behind the camera, Anatomy of a Fall is a film made by two women in particular who are simply at the top of their game, and neither Hüller nor Triet show any signs of slowing down."
Raphael Abraham of Financial Times gave the film four out of five stars, writing: "Triet builds a taut did-she-do-it tension while also working in discomfiting questions about marital power dynamics and how much an artist's work really reveals about their character." Abraham also added that Hüller deserved a Cannes Best Actress prize for her performance. Candice Frederick of the HuffPost wrote: "Through vivid flashbacks and meticulous courtroom interrogation, Triet masterfully turns our attention from potential crime-solving to the inner workings of two imperfect people and one complicated marriage. It's absolutely riveting."
Peter Debruge of Variety called the film "thought-provoking", "a kind of Gone Girl in reverse", and an "uncommonly mature film through all its layers, seeing rarely expressed truths about 21st-century relationships in its trajectory". Conversely, Richard Brody of The New Yorker was critical, writing: "Anatomy of a Fall is prestige cinema as (an) airport novel" and that "the showcasing and enshrining of mediocre movies as masterworks poses as great a danger."
Anatomy of a Fall was ranked third on Cahiers du Cinéma's top 10 films of 2023 list. Scott Phillips of Forbes listed the film as #9 on his "Best Films of 2023" list. Rolling Stone's David Fear ranked the film as #7 on his list of the "20 Best Movies of 2023". Many filmmakers and actors praised the film, including Phạm Thiên Ân, Allison Anders, Maggie Betts, Justin Chon, Chloe Domont, Robert Eggers, Kitty Green, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Bill Hader, Andrew Haigh, Chad Hartigan, Don Hertzfeldt, Zoe Lister-Jones, Rachel Morrison, Christian Petzold, James Ponsoldt and Lulu Wang.

### Box office

As of 15 April 2024, Anatomy of a Fall has grossed $5.1 million in the United States and Canada, and $30.9 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $36 million. Its largest markets were France ($14.6 million), the US ($5.1 million), Spain ($2.7 million), and Germany ($2.2 million).
The film was released to 379 theaters in France, where it debuted at number two at the box office grossing over $2 million and selling 262,698 tickets, behind Barbie (288,185 tickets) and ahead of Oppenheimer (231,550 tickets). Anatomy of a Fall had the best opening for a Palme d'Or winner since The Class (2008), which sold 358,000 tickets in France during its opening weekend in 2008. In its second weekend, the film remained in second place behind The Equalizer 3 and ahead of Barbie, accumulating 608,913 tickets sold. In its third weekend, the film reached the top spot at the French box office with 191,392 admissions from 738 theaters, accumulating 800,283 tickets sold, and grossing $5.7 million. In its fourth weekend, the film dropped to the fifth spot at the French box office and accumulated 921,308 admissions.
On 23 September 2023, Anatomy of a Fall exceeded 1 million admissions in France one month after its theatrical release, becoming the seventh Palme d'Or winner–and the third French Palme d'Or winner–to cross the 1 million admissions mark in France since 2000. In May 2024, the film exceeded 1.9 million admissions in France after 35 weeks in theaters. In its opening weekend in the United States, the film made $117,000 from five theaters. It made $152,000 in its second weekend from fourteen theaters. Expanding to 262 theaters the following weekend, the film made $634,000, finishing in 11th. During its fourth weekend, the film expanded to 440 theaters and made $600,355 for a total of $2 million.

## Accolades

On 26 May 2023, Anatomy of a Fall was awarded the Palme d'Or at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, making it the third movie directed by a woman to win the Palme following Julia Ducournau for Titane (2021) and Jane Campion for The Piano (1993). The film won over twenty-one other films in competition for the honour.
On 13 September 2023, Anatomy of a Fall was one of the five films pre-selected by France's Oscar committee to represent the country in the Best International Feature Film category at the 96th Academy Awards. On 21 September 2023, France chose to submit The Taste of Things instead, which sparked controversy, with French insiders claiming that director Justine Triet was being "punished" for criticizing French President Emmanuel Macron's repression of the pension reform protest movement during her acceptance speech at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
The amount of English language used in Anatomy of a Fall also raised concerns over whether the film would be eligible for the Best International Feature Film category, whose rules state that at least 50% of a film's dialogue must be spoken in a language other than English. According to US distributor Neon, 59% of Anatomy of a Fall is spoken in French, therefore making it eligible. France's Oscar committee choice, The Taste of Things, contains 100% French dialogue. Anatomy of a Fall ended up receiving five nominations for the Academy Awards, while The Taste of Things did not receive the nomination for Best International Feature Film.
| Award / Film Festival | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Cannes Film Festival | 27 May 2023 | Palme d'Or | Justine Triet | Won | |
| Cannes Film Festival | 26 May 2023 | Queer Palm | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Cannes Film Festival | 26 May 2023 | Palm Dog Award | Messi | Won | |
| Sydney Film Festival | 18 June 2023 | GIO Audience Award for Best International Narrative Feature | Justine Triet | Won | |
| Brussels International Film Festival | 5 July 2023 | Grand Prix – International Competition | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Brussels International Film Festival | 5 July 2023 | International Competition – Audience Award | Justine Triet | Won | |
| Locarno Film Festival | 12 August 2023 | Piazza Grande – UBS Audience Award | Justine Triet | Nominated | [93] [94] |
| Cinéfest Sudbury International Film Festival | 28 September 2023 | Audience Choice for Best Feature Film | Justine Triet | Runner-up | |
| Film Festival Cologne | 26 October 2023 | Cologne Film Prize | Justine Triet | Won | |
| Festival international du cinéma francophone en Acadie | 24 November 2023 | Best International Fiction Feature Film | Justine Triet | Won | |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | 27 November 2023 | Best Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| Gotham Independent Film Awards | 27 November 2023 | Best International Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Circle | 30 November 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| British Independent Film Awards | 3 December 2023 | Best International Independent Film | Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, Marie-Ange Luciani, and David Thion | Won | |
| National Board of Review | 6 December 2023 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Prix Louis-Delluc | 6 December 2023 | Best Film | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | Best European Editor | Laurent Sénéchal | Won | |
| European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | Best Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | [104] [105] |
| European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | Best European Director | Justine Triet | Won | [104] [105] |
| European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | Best European Screenwriter | Arthur Harari and Justine Triet | Won | [104] [105] |
| European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | Best European Actress | Sandra Hüller | Won | [104] [105] |
| European Film Awards | 9 December 2023 | University Film Award | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 9 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 9 December 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Arthur Harari and Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | 9 December 2023 | Best Youth Performance | Milo Machado-Graner | Nominated | |
| Boston Society of Film Critics | 10 December 2023 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Runner-up | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 10 December 2023 | Best Leading Performance | Sandra Hüller | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 10 December 2023 | Best Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Won | |
| Los Angeles Film Critics Association | 10 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 11 December 2023 | Best Film | Anatomy of a Fall | 7th Place | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 11 December 2023 | Best Director | Justine Triet | 9th Place | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 11 December 2023 | Best Performance | Sandra Hüller | 3rd Place | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 11 December 2023 | Best Screenplay | Justin Triet and Arthur Harari | 3rd Place | |
| IndieWire Critics Poll | 11 December 2023 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 12 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 12 December 2023 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 12 December 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Arthur Harari and Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Chicago Film Critics Association | 12 December 2023 | Most Promising Performer | Milo Machado-Graner | Nominated | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 13 December 2023 | Best International Movie | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Las Vegas Film Critics Society | 13 December 2023 | Youth in Film (Male) | Milo Machado-Graner | Nominated | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 15 December 2023 | Top 10 Films | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 15 December 2023 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 15 December 2023 | Best Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| New York Film Critics Online | 15 December 2023 | Best International Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| St. Louis Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Arthur Harari and Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Indiana Film Journalists Association | 17 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | [115] [116] |
| North Texas Film Critics Association | 18 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Phoenix Film Critics Society | 18 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 18 December 2023 | Best Movie by a Woman | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Women Film Critics Circle | 18 December 2023 | Best Foreign Film by or About Women | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 18 December 2023 | Top 10 Films of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall | 8th Place | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 18 December 2023 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | 5th Place | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 18 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association | 18 December 2023 | Best Screenplay | Arthur Harari and Justine Triet | Runner-up | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Runner-up | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Outstanding Lead Performance | Sandra Hüller | Won | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Arthur Harari and Justine Triet | Runner-up | |
| Toronto Film Critics Association | 17 December 2023 | Best International Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Runner-up | |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 19 December 2023 | Best Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Second | |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 19 December 2023 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Second | |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 19 December 2023 | Best Actor | Milo Machado-Graner | 8th Place | |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 19 December 2023 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | 4th Place | |
| Dublin Film Critics' Circle | 19 December 2023 | Best Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 19 December 2023 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Runner-up | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 19 December 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 19 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 19 December 2023 | Best Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Won | |
| San Diego Film Critics Society | 19 December 2023 | Best Youth Performance (For a performer under the age of 18) | Milo Machado-Graner | Runner-up | |
| Black Film Critics Circle | 20 December 2023 | Top Ten Films | Anatomy of a Fall | 10th Place | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 21 December 2023 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Runner-up | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 21 December 2023 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Florida Film Critics Circle | 21 December 2023 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Woman Director | Justine Triet | Won | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Woman Screenwriter | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Most Daring Performance | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Screenplay, Original | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Nominated | |
| Alliance of Women Film Journalists | 3 January 2024 | Best Non-English-Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 5 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | [128] [129] |
| Georgia Film Critics Association | 5 January 2024 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Runner-up | [128] [129] |
| Belgian Film Critics Association | 6 January 2024 | Grand Prix | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best International Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best International Filmmaker | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best International Actress | Sandra Hüller | Won | |
| Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Astra Film and Creative Arts Awards | 26 February 2024 | Best Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Nominated | |
| DiscussingFilm Critic Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best Picture | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| DiscussingFilm Critic Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best International Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| DiscussingFilm Critic Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Runner-up | |
| DiscussingFilm Critic Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best Film Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Nominated | |
| DiscussingFilm Critic Awards | 6 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 6 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Won | |
| National Society of Film Critics | 6 January 2024 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Anatomy of a Fall | Runner-up | |
| Utah Film Critics Association | 6 January 2024 | Best Non-English Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Utah Film Critics Association | 6 January 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 7 January 2024 | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion | Nominated | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 7 January 2024 | Best Picture – Non-English Language | Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 7 January 2024 | Best Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| Golden Globe Awards | 7 January 2024 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 8 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 8 January 2024 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Seattle Film Critics Society | 8 January 2024 | Best Youth Performance | Milo Machado-Graner | Won | |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 9 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 9 January 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 9 January 2024 | Best International Feature Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle | 9 January 2024 | Best Film Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Nominated | |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 10 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 10 January 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Austin Film Critics Association | 10 January 2024 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Denver Film Critics Society | 12 January 2024 | Best Non-English Language Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 14 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Critics' Choice Movie Awards | 14 January 2024 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| African-American Film Critics Association | 15 January 2024 | Top 10 Films of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall | 8th Place | |
| Portland Critics Association | 15 January 2024 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Portland Critics Association | 15 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Houston Film Critics Society | 22 January 2024 | Best Foreign Language Feature | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Lumières Award | 22 January 2024 | Best Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | [145] [146] |
| Lumières Award | 22 January 2024 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Nominated | [145] [146] |
| Lumières Award | 22 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Won | [145] [146] |
| Lumières Award | 22 January 2024 | Best Male Revelation | Milo Machado-Graner | Nominated | [145] [146] |
| Lumières Award | 22 January 2024 | Best Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | [145] [146] |
| Lumières Award | 22 January 2024 | Best Cinematography | Simon Beaufils | Nominated | [145] [146] |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 27 January 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Runner-up | |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 27 January 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| Kansas City Film Critics Circle | 27 January 2024 | Best Foreign Language Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 4 February 2024 | Film of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 4 February 2024 | Actress of the Year | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 4 February 2024 | Foreign Language Film of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| London Film Critics' Circle | 4 February 2024 | Screenwriter of the Year | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| Minnesota Film Critics Alliance | 4 February 2024 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Minnesota Film Critics Alliance | 4 February 2024 | Best Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Film | Justine Triet | Won | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Won | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Won | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Male Revelation | Milo Machado-Graner | Nominated | |
| Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Cinematography | Simon Beaufils | Nominated | |
| Goya Awards | 10 February 2024 | Best European Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | February 12, 2024 | Best Picture | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | February 12, 2024 | Best Female Actor | Sandra Hüller | Won | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | February 12, 2024 | Best Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Vancouver Film Critics Circle | February 12, 2024 | Best International Film in a Non-English Language | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Film | Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Film Not in the English Language | Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, and David Thion | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Actress in a Leading Role | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Casting | Cynthia Arra | Nominated | |
| British Academy Film Awards | 18 February 2024 | Best Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Nominated | |
| César Awards | 12 February 2024 | Prix Daniel Toscan du Plantier – Producer of the Year | Marie-Ange Luciani | Won | |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Film | Justine Triet, Marie-Ange Luciani, and David Thion | Won | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Won | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Won | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | Swann Arlaud | Won | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Supporting Actor | Antoine Reinartz | Nominated | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Male Revelation | Milo Machado-Graner | Nominated | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Cinematography | Simon Beaufils | Nominated | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Won | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Sound | Julien Sicart, Fanny Martin, Jeanne Delplancq, and Olivier Goinard | Nominated | [158] [159] |
| César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Production Design | Emmanuelle Duplay | Nominated | [158] [159] |
| Producers Guild of America Awards | 25 February 2024 | Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Independent Spirit Awards | 25 February 2024 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Dorian Awards | 26 February 2024 | Non-English Language Film of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Dorian Awards | 26 February 2024 | LGBTQ Non-English Language Film of the Year | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Dorian Awards | 26 February 2024 | Screenplay of the Year | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | 26 February 2024 | LGBTQ Screenplay of the Year | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Dorian Awards | 26 February 2024 | Film Performance of the Year | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| American Cinema Editors | 3 March 2024 | Best Edited Feature Film (Drama, Theatrical) | Laurent Sénéchal | Nominated | |
| Golden Reel Awards | 3 March 2024 | Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Foreign Language Feature | Fanny Martin and Jeanne Delplancq | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 3 March 2024 | Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 3 March 2024 | Best Screenplay, Original | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Nominated | |
| Satellite Awards | 3 March 2024 | Best Motion Picture – International | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 10 March 2024 | Best Picture | Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 10 March 2024 | Best Director | Justine Triet | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 10 March 2024 | Best Actress | Sandra Hüller | Nominated | |
| Academy Awards | 10 March 2024 | Best Original Screenplay | Justine Triet and Arthur Harari | Won | |
| Academy Awards | 10 March 2024 | Best Film Editing | Laurent Sénéchal | Nominated | |
| NAACP Image Awards | 16 March 2024 | Outstanding International Motion Picture | Anatomy of a Fall | Nominated | |
| David di Donatello | 3 May 2024 | Best International Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |
| Gaudí Awards | 18 January 2025 | Best European Film | Anatomy of a Fall | Won | |