The Accusation (2021 film)

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The Accusation
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Yvan Attal
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  • Yaël Langmann
  • Yvan Attal
Based on Les Choses humaines
by Karine Tuil
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Music by Mathieu Lamboley
Cinematography Rémy Chevrin
Edited by Albertine Lastera
Production
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Distributed by Gaumont
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  • 9 September 2021 (2021-09-09) (Venice)
  • 1 December 2021 (2021-12-01) (France)
Running time
 138 minutes
Country France
Language French
Budget €7.9 million[1]
Box office $1.4 million[2]

The Accusation (French: Les Choses humaines, lit. 'Human Things')[3] is a 2021 French courtroom drama film directed by Yvan Attal. The screenplay, written by Attal and Yaël Langmann, is an adaptation of Karine Tuil's 2019 novel of the same name. It had its world premiere on 9 September 2021 at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, and was released in France by Gaumont Film Company on 1 December 2021.

Plot

Alexandre Farel is the son of the prominent television presenter Jean Farel. Claire, his mother, left Jean and lives with Adam Wizman, who is also separated from his Orthodox Jewish wife with whom he has a daughter, Mila. When Alexandre returns from finishing his studies in the United States, he accompanies his mother for an evening and meets Mila. Together they go to a party for former students of the Lycée Henri-IV. The next day, the police arrest Alexandre, who has been accused of rape by Mila. He denies the charge and argues that the act was consensual. The event sends the families into a breakdown as their lives are torn apart by the trial.

Cast

Production

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The palais de justice of Créteil serves as the setting of the film.

The screenplay is inspired by the novel Les Choses humaines by Karine Tuil, published in the summer of 2019, which notably won the Prix Interallié and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. Karine Tuil herself was inspired by a news story that occurred on the Stanford University campus (the 2015 rape case of Stanford student Brock Turner) to write the novel.[4]

Yvan Attal directs his partner Charlotte Gainsbourg in the film as well as their son, Ben Attal — both of whom already starred in his previous film, My Dog Stupid, released in 2019.

Principal photography began in August 2020.[5] Filming especially took place in the courthouse of Créteil (Val-de-Marne).[6] Filming took place in Paris until 7 November 2020.[7][8]

Release

The Accusation had its world premiere on 9 September 2021 at the 78th Venice International Film Festival.[9] The film was also screened at 47th Deauville American Film Festival on 11 September 2021.[10] It was theatrically released in France by Gaumont Film Company on 1 December 2021.[11]

Reception

Box office

The film sold 182,074 admissions in France,[12] grossing a domestic total of $1.3 million.[2]

Critical response

The Accusation received an average rating of 3.1 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 28 reviews.[13] On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 7.8/10.[14]

Jordan Mintzer of The Hollywood Reporter wrote, "The film tends to overstay its welcome, mostly because Attal doesn't know when to cut a scene short, or otherwise cut away, and let us think for ourselves".[3]

Accolades

Award Date of ceremony Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
César Awards 25 February 2022 Best Adaptation Yaël Langmann, Yvan Attal Nominated [15]

References

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External links

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