At its best moments, the extremely straightforward construction of Cédric Kahn’s “The Goldman Case” allows for fascinating dynamics and images to occur apparently unforced, as if by themselves, for the viewer to seize on their own.
The film, which has just opened the Directors’ Fortnight section of this year’s Cannes Film Festival, is refreshing for this bared-down, almost documentary-like approach — especially because it focuses on an incredibly complex man who needs all the space he can get to show everything that he is, in all his apparent contradictions.
READ MORE: 2023 Cannes Film Festival: 21 Must-See Movies To Watch This revelation takes place progressively, over the course of the almost surgically precise and aggressive trial that takes up most of the film’s runtime.
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