Anatomie eines Falls

In the organizer's words:

Sandra (Sandra Hüller), Samuel (Swann Arlaud) and their eleven-year-old visually impaired son Daniel (Milo Machado Graner) have been living far away from civilization in the mountains for a year. One day, Samuel is found dead at the foot of their house. An investigation is launched into the suspicious death. The investigators seem to want to bring the case to a quick end themselves. Because the burden of proof on Sandra is not exactly high when the public prosecutor's office brings charges against her. Sandra herself continues to struggle with the death of her husband: did he kill himself or was it really - as the investigators suspect - murder? A year passes before the trial begins in court. Daniel is also called to the witness stand. The relationship between mother and son is then put to the test - especially by the public prosecutor, who begins to brutally probe them with her questions...