THE GOLDMAN CASE

| 2024  –  115′  – Drama, History
Written by: Cédric Kahn, Nathalie Hertzberg.
Directed by: Cédric Kahn.
Starring: Arieh Worthalter, Arthur Harari, Stéphane Guérin-Tillier, Nicolas Briançon, Aurélien Chaussade.
Official Competition Director’s Fortnight Cannes 2023.
Winner Best Actor, César Awards 2024 (Arieh Worthalter).
Official Selection TAFFF 2023.
In French with English subtitles.
A Menemsha Films Release.  |

“I’m innocent because I’m innocent,” Pierre Goldman decries. An incendiary left-wing activist and highly controversial public figure, Goldman proclaims his innocence of the double homicide he’s accused of, despite his admission of multiple armed robberies and shady dealings. Director Cédric Kahn‘s stark courtroom drama recounts Goldman’s 1975 trial in minute detail, holding a magnifying glass to the racial prejudice and antisemitism that were rampant in the country at the time, and examining even broader questions of Jewish identity. Reflecting the political, ideological and racial tensions that marked 1970s France and Europe, when the proceedings were considered to be the trial of the century. This meticulous retelling of that page in history was the Directors’ Fortnight opening film at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.