A Feminist Reimagining of the Trial Film: Anatomy of a Fall
The Institute for Feminist Legal Studies at Osgoode Hall Law School will host guest speaker, Suzanne Bouclin, a full professor and vice-dean at the Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa.
Bouclin’s will discuss the film, Anatomy of a Fall. On its face the central question posed by the film is whether a man was murdered by his wife. In this talk, Bouclin will argue that the central question posed is far more complex by examining some of the strategic choices made by feminist filmmaker Justine Triet that invite viewers to examine their own assessment of the layered and flawed protagonist. Specifically, the film advances a feminist worldview by drawing on and reimaging the tropes of the courtroom genre by situating the trial in the inquisitorial system.
