Title: The Goldman Case
Original Title: Le procès Goldman
Year: 2023
Info
- Country: France
- Language: French
- Length: 115 Minutes (1 hour 55 min)
- Budget: €2,600,000
- Genre: Crime Drama History
- Studios: Moonshaker Tropdebonheur Productions Canal+
- Distributor: Filmin
Release Dates
- UK: October 12 2023
- United States: September 30 2023
Plot
'The Goldman Case', directed by Cédric Kahn, hits Spanish cinemas on March 15, distributed by Filmin. This film dramatizes the famous trial of Pierre Goldman in the 1970s in France, highlighting his role as a political activist and thief. The film has received 8 César Award nominations, including Best Film and Best Director.
Goldman was accused of several robberies in Paris in 1969, including one that resulted in the deaths of two women in a pharmacy. Although he admitted to the first robberies, he denied his involvement in the deadly robbery. The trial generated great media interest and passions on the French left.
The script, written by Kahn himself together with Nathalie Hertzberg, is based on exhaustive investigation of the case and reconstructs the events from articles from the time. It focuses on Goldman's intensity, the skill of his defense lawyer, Georges Kiejman, and the betrayal of another lawyer, Henri-René Garaud.
The film explores the relationship between Goldman and Kiejman, both Polish Jews with similar tragic stories but opposite destinies. This relationship is characterized by fascination, rivalry and guilt between both characters, one a brilliant Parisian lawyer and the other a wandering idealist.
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Videos
'The Goldman Case' VOSI trailer
February 12 2024
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Trivia
Shot with natural light
The movie was mostly shot on the court room set, a set created on a tennis court with a canopy, meaning the whole movie was shot in natural light. Three cameras were following the main characters at all times, in medium shots. In the final movie, close-up shots are almost non-existent.
Cannes 2023
The film has been presented at the opening of the Director's Fortnight category at the 2023 Cannes Films Festival.
Unscripted Extras
The movie was shot chronologically, with a couple dozens of extras in the audience who were given roles (i.e. for or against Goldman). They were not given the script or told what would happen, and had no direction outside of being asked to react naturally to the scenes according to their roles.
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