The Goldman Case | |
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Directed by | Cédric Kahn |
Written by | Cédric Kahn Nathalie Hertzberg |
Produced by | Benjamin Elalouf |
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Cinematography | Patrick Ghiringhelli |
Edited by | Yann Dedet |
Production company | Moonshaker |
Distributed by | Ad Vitam |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $2.9 million[1] |
The Goldman Case (French: Le Procès Goldman) is 2023 French semi-biographical legal docudrama[2] film starring Arieh Worthalter as Pierre Goldman, a far-left militant who was accused of four murders and his relationship with his lawyer Georges Kiejman.[3][4][5][6]
It had its world premiere in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 76th Cannes Film Festival on 17 May 2023. It was released in France on 27 September 2023. It received eight nominations at the 49th César Awards, and won Best Actor (for Worthalter).
Kahn films the action with the objectivity of a verité documentarian, and his and Nathalie Hertzberg's script has the precision of a historical document. Their research reportedly involved detailed interviews with Kiejman and Chouraqui, as well as in-depth analysis of newspaper articles surrounding his trials. At the same time, this is not a documentary, but rather an ingenious act of synthesis, which combines information from one of Goldman's previous trials and draws information from his book as well. The effect is a concise, but not uncomplicated look at this man through his legal struggles.