After racking up a Palme d‘Or at the Cannes Awards last year, making filmmaker Justine Triet the third woman to take the honor home, Anatomy of a Fall is heading into 2024’s Oscars as one of the favorites. With five nominations under its belt, including a nod for Best Picture, this is Sandra Hüller’s second film to be nominated for Best Picture this year, with the other one being The Zone of Interest.
With the German actor herself being nominated for the Best Actress accolade, Hüller reflected on her experience filming with Triet, as the actor expressed she is still unsure about her character’s truth.
Even Sandra Hüller Doesn’t Have a Definitive Answer About Sandra’s Innocence
The legal drama, which revolves around Hüller’s character Sandra being accused of murdering her husband, never really leaves a definitive answer for the audience as to whether she is guilty or not. And it appears it’s not only fans who were left scratching their heads to figure out the truth, as Sandra Hüller herself isn’t sure if Sandra is innocent or not. Speaking with Variety, the Sibyl Star revealed that the acclaimed filmmaker Justine Triet never gave her a definitive answer, but only told her to play Sandra like innocent.
“Of course I wanted to know whether she was guilty or not, but my director didn’t tell me. She just said a horrible, horrible sentence: ‘Play her like she’s innocent.’”
With no one answer in sight, Triet has left it to the audience’s perception to interpret whether Sandra is innocent or not in the intense drama, which deserves every applause it gets.
An Intimate Scene Between Sandra and Vincent Was Supposed to Be in Anatomy of a Fall
While the verdict is left for the viewers to interpret, Sandra Hüller did seemingly confirm that there is indeed an affair between her character and the charming lawyer, played by Swann Arlaud. Reflecting on the implied affair between Sandra and her lawyer, Vincent, in the film, she revealed there was supposed to be an intimate scene between the two. However, the idea was scrapped, as Marie-Ange Luciani, one of the producers, felt it was too ’80s.
“There was an actual love scene in the film, we could see their affair, and she said: ‘Please, don’t do it, it’s so ’80s,’ which is very true. Why do people always have to prove they love each other by going to bed with each other? It’s so dull!”
With two of her films heading into the Academy Awards with Best Picture nods, including a nomination for herself, Hüller has finally stepped into the spotlight after years of acclaimed performances.
Anatomy of a Fall is available to rent on Apple TV.
