2024 · drama · crime
An Ordinary Case
Directed by Daniel Auteuil1h 55m2024
Jean Monier is a disillusioned lawyer, appointed to defend Nicolas Milik, a man accused of murdering his wife. While everything points to his guilt, Monier takes up the case, convinced of his innocence.
Our read: An Ordinary Case (2024) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama · crime entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama / crime, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, cold.
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