After winning awards at several film festivals, Justine Triet’s Anatomy of a Fall once again shined, this time at the BAFTA 2024 Awards. The film just bagged Best Original Screenplay at the BAFTA Film Awards, which are underway at London’s Royal Festival Hall. The ceremony is streaming live on Lionsgate Play. Anatomy of a Fall won the Palme d’Or at Cannes last year, and since then, it has been dominating the film festivals. BAFTA 2024 Winners Full List: Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer Leads With Seven Wins; Cillian Murphy, Emma Stone Win Best Actor Trophies at 77th British Academy Film Awards!.
In the film, German actress Sandra Huller (Toni Erdmann) plays a German writer accused of murdering her French husband (Samuel Theis). Huller plays Sandra, a German writer who lives in martial disharmony with her French husband, Samuel, and their 11-year-old son, Daniel, in a remote town in the French Alps. When Samuel is found dead in the snow below their chalet, the police question whether he committed suicide or was killed. Sandra becomes the main suspect, and the couple’s conflicted relationship is put on trial. Daniel, who is blind, becomes a key witness in the case. Swann Arlaud and Milo Machado Graner co-star, The Hollywood Reporter reported. BAFTA 2024: Michael J Fox Gets Standing Ovation As He Presents Best Film Award Amid Battle With Parkinson’s (Watch Video).
Anatomy of a Fall Wins Best Original Screenplay Award
ANATOMY OF A FALL has won the BAFTA for Best Original Screenplay! #EEBAFTAs pic.twitter.com/QkPSyBpA2j
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Triet co-wrote the screenplay for Anatomy of a Fall with Arthur Harari. Marie-Ange Luciani and David Thion produced.