Sandra Hüller and Justine Triet first met over a decade ago, when Hüller presented the director with a prize for her short film ‘Vilaine fille, mauvais garçon’ (2012). Several years later they met again, this time in Cannes, where Triet’s film ‘Victoria’ was premiering alongside Hüller’s prize-winning Toni Erdmann.
Triet knew instinctively that she one day wished to work with Hüller, and the feeling was mutual. So, she wrote her a part in ‘Sybil,’ released in 2019.
Triet then wanted to fashion a film around Hüller due to the “strong connection” she felt towards her. ‘Anatomy of a Fall’ was born. The film has earned five
#Oscars nominations, including Best Actress for Hüller and Best Picture.
“Reading the script, first of all, I found it thrilling. It was a really thrilling experience to read it. Even though it’s not mine, I found the language so precise, and the questions that are in this script were visible from the beginning and were so inevitable that there would’ve been no way...