The reviews for this have already been written, but I'll throw in mine for good measure. A couple live together - The woman, a successful writer, German. The man, an unsuccessful writer and professor, French. They have a child.
One day the husband has an accident - a fall from the upper window of their house. Is it an accident, though, or something more sinister? Suicide? Homicide?
And so the movie takes us on the dissection of their relationship as seen through the eyes of the courts. The relationship, complex, wounded, in parts, unsavory and uncomfortable, but - then, what relationships aren't. The performances are compelling - the Wife, (lead character), you know her by type, intellectual, distant, not overly sympathetic. And so it goes with the rest of the characters, some more sympathetic than others, but adhering to the new movie formula of having no one you can 100% root for.
For a French film they did a brilliant thing, which was ensure over half of the film is conducted in English - the German wife speaks no French, the French husband no German, and so their relationship - dialogue, transpires in English.
This ensures a wider international audience.
Now, I've been sick and it's getting on time to find a comedy that runs under 3 hours, these foreign films, a treat for the intellect but once in a while I'd just like to laugh...