Iconic French actor Daniel Auteuil directs this engrossing legal thriller in which he stars as a disillusioned lawyer appointed to defend a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, he takes up the case, convinced of his innocence. Alternative title: An Ordinary Case.

“A fictionalised true crime drama, but one that is more stately and sedate than the garish procedural brutality of regular true crime… this could really have been based on something by Ruth Rendell.” ~Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian

“★★★★ A very rigorously structured screenplay, which accumulates evidence and contradictions, doubts and certainties, keeping the viewer on the edge of their seats from start to finish.” ~Michel Cieutat, Bande à part