An Ordinary Case (2024)

Original title

Le Fil

Directed by

Daniel Auteuil

Genre

legal drama

Country

France

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

M

Rating

6.5 of 10 from 181 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A criminal lawyer takes on the defense of a man accused of killing his wife. The film follows his professional process and the weight of the case.

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What happens

An Ordinary Case (French: Le Fil, lit. 'The Thread') is a 2024 French legal drama film co-written, directed and starring Daniel Auteuil. The screenplay was written by Auteuil with Steven Mitz and is an adaptation of Le Livre de Maître Mô, a book of the legal experiences of the French criminal lawyer and blogger Jean-Yves Moyart. Auteuil stars as a lawyer hired to defend a client accused of his wife's murder. The film had its world premiere in the Special Screenings section at the 77th Cannes Film Festival on 21 May 2024. It was theatrically released on 11 September 2024 by Zinc. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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