The Goldman Case | |
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Directed by | Cédric Kahn |
Written by | Cédric Kahn Nathalie Hertzberg |
Produced by | Benjamin Elalouf |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Patrick Ghiringhelli |
Edited by | Yann Dedet |
Production company | Moonshaker |
Distributed by | Ad Vitam |
Release dates |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | France |
Language | French |
Box office | $2.8 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 4 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).
The film was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section of the 76th Cannes Film Festival, [7] where it had its world premiere on 17 May 2023. [8] The film was theatrically released in France on 27 September 2023 by Ad Vitam. [9]
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 100% based on 8 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10. [10] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 82 out of 100, based on 6 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". [11] The Goldman Case received an average rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars on the French website AlloCiné, based on 35 reviews. [12]
Award | Date of ceremony | Category | Recipient(s) | Result | Ref. |
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César Awards | 23 February 2024 | Best Film | The Goldman Case | Nominated | [13] |
Best Director | Cédric Kahn | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won | |||
Best Supporting Actor | Arthur Harari | Nominated | |||
Best Original Screenplay | Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Hertzberg | Nominated | |||
Best Cinematography | Patrick Ghiringhelli | Nominated | |||
Best Editing | Yann Dedet | Nominated | |||
Best Sound | Erwann Kerzanet, Sylvain Malbrant, and Olivier Guillaume | Nominated | |||
Lumières Award | 22 January 2024 | Best Film | The Goldman Case | Nominated | [14] |
Best Director | Cédric Kahn | Nominated | |||
Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won | [15] | ||
Best Male Revelation | Arthur Harari | Nominated | [14] | ||
Best Screenplay | Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Hertzberg | Nominated | |||
Magritte Awards | 9 March 2024 | Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won | [16] |
Miskolc International Film Festival | 9 September 2023 | Emeric Pressburger Prize for Best Feature Film | The Goldman Case | Nominated | [17] |
Paris Film Critics Association Awards | 4 February 2024 | Best Actor | Arieh Worthalter | Won | [18] |
Best Male Revelation | Arthur Harari | Nominated | [19] | ||
Best Original Screenplay | Cédric Kahn and Nathalie Herzberg | Nominated |
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.