Anatomy of a Fall (Anatomie d'une chute), winner of Best Screenplay at the 2024 Oscars, is one of those films that really stay with you and give you a LOT of food for thought. Here I analyse various themes: the use of the piano pieces, the omnipresence of doubles and echos, and the beautifully ambiguous relationship between Vincent and Sandra... and eventually, why I feel that all these elements combine to give the subtle feeling of a ghost story.

This is my third attempt at posting this video, so my Oscar predictions at the end are now completely outdated!

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00:00 Intro
01:27 The piano
05:35 Samuel, the voiceless man
08:44 Doubles: Snoop and Samuel
10:29 Doubles: IRL names / character names
14:25 Doubles: Samuel and Vincent
15:32 Sandra & Vincent's ambiguous relationship
16:38 The night scene in the snow
20:15 Vincent & the truth
22:15 The genius of not crossing the line
25:18 Sandra's grief
26:35 A ghost story?

Excerpts: Anatomie d'une chute, by Justine Triet (2023), Les films Pélléas/Les films de Pierre, MK2

Music: Asturias, by Isaac Albeniz
Prelude in E minor by Chopin

Identity crisis, by Myuu (  / myuu  )