When a feared judge of the French court, Xavier Racine, encounters a French-Danish juror, Ditte Lorensen-Coteret, at a murder trial, their shared past is slowly uncovered.
Acting
Luchini's grumpy judge schtick is pure perfection.
Writing
Dialogue that snaps like a judge's gavel.
Direction
Vincent lets silences do the heavy lifting.
Director
Christian Vincent
Fabrice Luchini
Michel Racine
Sidse Babett Knudsen
Ditte Lorensen-Coteret
Éva Lallier
Ann Lorensen-Coteret
Michaël Abiteboul
Maître Jourdhui
Claire Assali
Civil party's lawyer
Miss Ming
Jessica Burton
Floriane Potiez
Hotel receptionist
Corinne Masiero
Marie-Jeanne Metzer
Sophie-Marie Larrouy
Coralie Marciano
Fouzia Guezoum
Nacera Boubziz
Raphaël Ferret
Police lieutenant Jean-Michel Massimet
Simon Ferrante
Simon Orvieto
Abdellah Moundy
Yacine Balaoui
Emmanuel Rausenberger
Rémi Kubiak
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sidse Babett Knudsen was already famous in Denmark for 'Borgen'; this was her big French crossover.
The film deliberately avoids typical courtroom theatrics—Vincent wanted the procedural banality to mirror Racine's emotional stagnation.
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