Some more "evidence" to consider: Justine Triet has said that throughout the trial Sandra speaks French when she is in control and knows what she wants to say but switches to English when she gets emotional or impulsive. I'd say she switches to English when she gets confused but those are my words, regardless the switching of languages is a technique Triet has admitted to using to signify something. When Vincent first arrives at the house he goes up to the attic with Sandra to investigate the fall. He asks if there is any reason why Samuel would lean out the window. Sandra says no, and that when Samuel was playing his music he shut himself off from the rest of the world so he never called for her or Daniel. Vincent: Anyway with the... the height of the... le rebord de la fenêtre Sandra: Windowsill So Vincent gets confused and has to switch to French when he's saying the height of the windowsill makes it impossible to believe in an accidental fall. He can't remember the English word for windowsill. I can't think any other time in the script when Vincent's English failed him, but it fails him right there when he's dismissing potential for an accident fall. So is that a coincidence? Why was this scripted? 🕵 Thanks to everyone who has watched and commented!

Whatever anyone's theory might be, I think we can all agree this was the best dog acting ever.

I also believe it was snoop but unlike you I think it was a contract kill. If you look closely in the background you can see snoop food goes from regular to premium after the hit

I thought this was gonna be a joke video, but then you actually started making sense 😭

Anatomy of a FALL. Not Anatomy of a Jump, or anatomy of a Push, Anatomy of a Fall. When someone is pushed out of a window, we say they were pushed; not that they fell. If they committed suicide, we say they jumped not fell. We use the term "fall" for accidents. I think the director was hiding the truth in plain sight on purpose to prove a point. She could have titled this anything else, but she chose to emphasize how the story is about people "dissecting" a "fall"; and "fall" is a term used when describing an accident. We were immediately given two purposeful, binary choices: Samuel's death as a suicide or murder; when accidents are the leading cause of "falling". We and the characters are assigning fault to something that was an accident; that's why none of the intentional theories perfectly fit!

THANK YOU!!! I've been waiting for weeks for someone to agree with me! I remember being puzzled by that bouncing ball at the beginning and the continuous focus on the dog, until I thought it could have been an accident provoked by Snoop leaving the ball near Samuel! Also notice just how quickly they dismiss the possibility of an accidental death, leading us to suspect murder or suicide...

For me.. this is almost definitely the answer. Why? Because it would be the most elegant & fitting one for the purpose of the story. For people there is nothing such innocent like a dog. The story deals (among other things) with the inability of human beings to accept accidents, horrible coincidences and injustices in life...... like what happened with Daniel and also what happened to the marriage. For the purpose of the story neither of them can be guilty, so neither did she kill him nor did he commit suicide. Besides.... why would the director put Snoops footsteps in the key moments. And the music before Samuel died... music from 50 Cents and Snoop Dogg.... come ooooooon. So... just my opinion 😅... and thanks for the great video!!

This explains all the mystery. it explains the ball bouncing in the beginning, the dog looking defeated, the dog's view, the mom lying because she knew she looked guilty, the son covering it up, and the final shot with her laying near the dog. I think this theory covers every possible truth, lie, and possible option and is the most possible considering the Suicide and murder have holes.

Snoop, in the attic with a tennis ball.

this makes a lot of sense! I think that also the reluctance of her about the suicidal theory and saying that she thinks it was an accident but it’s just so hard to prove to a jury makes perfect sense! the jury is not about truth, is about the most believable story, it’s amazing if the truth isn’t any of the two stories present at the jury

This movie unnerved me like anything. The lack of background music, the realistic performance & ofcourse the Dog was the cherry on the cake. It's uneasy calmness & the lack of attention to its presence in the house by the investigating authorities makes it really disturbing.

I was hoping that at the very end, it would show exactly what happened that day. Your theory really does make sense!

I can't stop feeling the rap themed stuff of this movie with the 50 Cent song and snoop the dog 😅 in the last scene on the bed she should start rapping Only God can judge me by 2pac 😂

i love how the comment section is filling with more and more unhinged theories. for me, it was the journalist because she fell in love with sandra. she pretended to leave, sneaked back in, murdered the husband, and took her weapon with her. ps. genius video again!

Very good. Best explanation I've heard so far.

This was an incredible film, that scene in the middle where you get the flashback to the marital fight, while the court hears the recorded version is just incredible. An acting masterclass that should be studied by fellow actors who serious about getting into this business.

This is an interesting theory, but Samuel was alive when Snoop and Daniel went out for a walk and dead when they came back. You can see this at 5 mins 55 seconds into the film. Daniel and Snoop walk past the spot where the body eventually lays as they leave for their walk, the journalist Zoe walks past the same spot to get into her car and Sandra actually looks down from the ledge and waves goodbye to Zoe from the ledge that Samuel falls from. Justine Trieste has said in an interview - "If you want to know whether or not Sandra is guilty, look at the dog. The dog has instincts.". I think this basically means that at the end, when Snoop snuggles up to Sandra on the couch, he is telling us she is not guilty. Nevertheless, I think the ambiguity is the point of the film.

This is brilliant! Thank you so much for clarifying it for me as I was tormented and traumatized for various days! I re-watched the film and yes, it all fits perfectly together. Messi's acting is absolutely amazing and he should be allowed to be at the Oscars despite being the cause of this accident!

One of the smartest perspectives ive seen on the internet! great analysis

No way man, you’ve acc cracked this film in my opinion. I know there’s not really supposed to be an answer but wow all of this went right over my head and all of it adds up perfectly. Great video man!

Snoop was the real P.I.M.P.

Oooooh, so it's even another version of the story. Nobody would suspect the dog. I think I have to re-watch it with this interpretation in mind. 😊

Also note the sound of melted snow dripping along with Snoops footsteps in the scene right before the verdict is announced.

It's a good theory and more importantly a good message to reflect on regardless if it was what happened or not Only Snoop could have been playing alone. Many dogs have the habit of throwing the ball down the stairs and pick it up. I think the emphasis on Snoop's perspective is bc he is Daniel's eyes and bc D is blind, Snoop is the only visual witness in general of the things D wasn't aware of and also it could be said he saw things neither Sandra and Samuel did about the other and the complexity of their situation

I saw the trailer and said it was the dog. I watched the movie and said it was the dog. It was the ball.

That was brilliant!!!! Thank you so much!

OH MY GOD?? this make sense a lot, you're brilliant!

It's weird how they dismiss the murder weapon so easily, if she had murdered him they didn't care to look for a weapon even if it could be disposed of easily. Made no sense as I'm sure they could have found it if there was one. So the ball completely disappearing after the dad dying is interesting. No one would suspect that the ball was the 'murder weapon'.

Brilliant analysis! Thank you

I think the window is way too high for him to trip over it

Such an interesting theory and well-done analysis! Although, as much as I'd like this as the explanation, it strikes me as Snoop is the silent witness, the "eyes" of the family. Everyone is blinded by something, be it physical (Daniel ), ego-based ( Samuel) or emotional-based (Sandra). Only Snoop has true primitive objective clarity, thus knowing instinctively the truth about what happened.

I think that the choice of a red leash is not insignificant either. Thank you for this good analysis.

When I first watched this movie, I noticed Snoop walked straight past Samuels body after a quick sniff and didn't investigate further which seemed a bit apathetic to me but I soon realised I was being ridiculous. haha. Now watching this video, I feel validated.

Love this theory. I had a feeling when it ended that it’s was something to do with the dog. And this has just confirmed it. Maybe all the little hints were subconsciously going in my head. Really enjoyed this film but felt like I did want some sort of resolution at the end and a definitive answer as to what happened but now after watching this video I feel satisfied. Thank you. 🙏

I like this theory. The triangle shape of the ceiling and window would have him crouching a bit in the corner. If he’s leaning out the window smoking and the ball is dropped behind him, he could easily slip, lose his balance and fall out butt first. The window and ceiling are smooth so there’s nothing to grab. He’d just go. Then flip backward head first. Nice catch

Love this - keep it coming!

This is the best possible explanation. Why would he choose the attic as the suicide spot? He couldn’t have planned to hit his head to that corner. It is rather unlikely to die from the jump

This is a good analyses and a valid perspective. I was leaning towards accidental death one way or another, too. Did not believe Sandra could kill or Samuel give up in simple jump suicide. Your key take aways makes so much sense from cinematography point of view. I saw the movie once and were focused on the mystery what the Daniel was processing.

I think by the time a court case is ready, it's less about what happened and more about the debate you have been presented with (guilty or not guilty). However, I do think detectives feel inclined to search for answers that will be held easily in court rather than truly examine all possibilities like they are actually supposed to. It kind of feels like putting the cart before the horse...

Please do more movies with ambiguous endings your mind is brilliant. Subbed 🎥👏

In the end the dog shows unconditional love even to a killer. Dogs love you unconditionally.

I like this theory, but hard to believe slipping on the ball he'd end up out the window. Samuel was insulating the roof, he probably saw something odd and leaned out the window to take a look from another perspective. Maybe that's where Snoop's ball comes in too?

I too believe it was a weird accident, but I hadn´t considered Snoop to be the catalyzer.

Great analysis!

great analysis!

I’m sorry, but this theory has me picturing Daniel falling out the window like he’s Inspector Clouseau. I guess he is French though?

Thanks for this - I have a all obsessed border collie, I will be looking at him differently from now on...

Long shot but fun theory. For me the lawyer did it because he wanted to be with Sandra. He knew she would call him for help.

I believe snoop was a metaphor for samuel. At the end, sandra is holding him as if holding her husband. Also, the scene where is Snoop staring at Samuel's photo. Samuel and snoop overdose together. I believe in some way, snoop is supposed to represent Samuel even in the afterlife.

If you go back and watch the movie again, you never heard the ball bounced until it reached the stairs, the ball rolled from the top and bounced on the first step, it's pretty simple Samuel wasn't happy with his life, so he took his life and this court proceedings was just to show, how they'll twist things to make someone innocent looks guilty. And it focused too much on the dog, in movies like these the most obvious thing is never the answer.

Very good job. Hats off to you.

At first I was mad at this title because I read it before I finished the movie. I was looking how they faked the dogs overdose and this video pops up.

Really like your way of breaking down these movies. Do you have a letterboxd account by chance? Think many people would like to see what you deem as an masterpiece when being really good at breaking down movies. Excited for future uploads!

very interesting theory, and one that at least doesn't seem less likely than either murder or suicide - thank you for sharing!

I really like your theory. Thank you for the video👍🏻

The 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg connection is strong. Because the instrumental that Samuel plays is P.I.M.P. He got too big for his britches. Samuel never wrote that book. But Snoop became one famous Dogg after he beat that murder rap. Foshizzal.

Very interesting hypothesis!

It was NOT Snoop #JusticeForSnoop

this...actually makes sense. Well done.

Loved the movie but I suspected Daniel because he poisoned his own dog. And his exposure to all the tensions could have affected his personality.

Wow, outstanding theory!! Bravo!!

If this is true it makes a lot of the sense. I’d interpret the point of the movie as trying to show that we as people with all our biases and beliefs argue about everything when in reality nobody actually knows what they think they do and in the end, none of us are totally right. The old saying is there are three sides to every story: your side, my side and the truth

I agree with your explanation and analysis, had Snoop got no involvement then its pointless for the first scene of him fetching the ball. We see Sandra walking cautiously in the unfinished Attic floor so it's possible that Samuel must have accidentally step on the ball. And lastly when Sandra insist to Vincent that she's didn't commit the crime we can see her saying that's it's really not her.

You nailed it, brother. You're the only one yet (the ONLY one, anywhere), in all the oceans of ink and digital ink spilled over the obviously flawed either-or "binary" interpretation of who's responsible, to figure it out. It was Snoop. Nicely done, brutha. Very nicely done indeed.

As good as the movie was, I was annoyed at how an accident was so easily dismissed. Accidents during construction or remodeling are so common, I’m not sure they would have really considered anything else unless there was a witness that reported seeing them fighting just beforehand.

Thanks for this analysis. I just watched the movie, and despite the end, I kinda needed an explanation of the death. It makes no sense the suicide, I mean, why suddenly samuel would like to end his life, and why so close to his beloved child. To me it always looked like an accident, and this is a great connection of events.

If Triet really wanted to make the dog look guilty she should have had him glance left and right in a close-up

Yes! I think you cracked the case. Wow. Well done. 👏

I would almost buy this, except there's no way Snoop knew that Samuel slipped on his ball and fell out. That isn't a look of guilt, but it is a look of sadness and morose.

My cognitive dissonance made me want to believe it was an accident to avoid the tragic possibility that one of daniel's parents killed one of his parents. This video calms my brain :)

This is soooo interesting. Also now my favourite theory.

Was trying to figure out why was the Snoop's sound so present. Great theory

Brilliant !

I always thought it was an accident, nothing in the movie made me believe it was either a murder or a suicide. This is why, I think, the movie fails as a legal drama...

this gave me chills...

Yes, I alway thought about the accident option, accidents in construction are super common everywhere... but I never considered the "ball and dog" scenario. 😁

Nice theory. Anybody read "Dumb Witness" by Agatha Christie too? because that's where my mind goes to when i realised (and wonder) why Snoop is in the frame so often, and that first scene with the stairs it's just so similar! Out all night and no key!

You just did God's work. I'm finally at peace 🙏🏻

Makes perfect sense. Why isn't everyone talking about this? You don't jump or push someone off three stories in hopes of d3ath, it had to be an accident.

I like this theory the most. I just finished watching the movie and the whole time basically dismissed the 2 main ideas and was trying to figure out other options. I came up with during the fight maybe Sandra convinced him to jump, but didn't physically touch him. Then when the aspirin thing came up with Snoop, I thought for a little bit Daniel was secretly psycho and when he came back to the house he somehow did it. Another thought I had was that girl right at the beginning did it because she was that upset about him ruining the interview, and I did think her and Sandra had some tension/spark going on so maybe they'd been together and she did it to get him out of the way (which I felt further convinced of during the trial and she kept calling her by her first name). I think your theory has the most supportive evidence to it, and for a story like this I definitely think the writers and director know the real answer even if they let us speculate about it

interesting. I think the snoop sounds and focus is more because he's a seeing eye dog. representing seeing things that we cannot. but I love the theory. such a good movie. should have been best picture.

wow. just wow. subscribed.

I'm so impressed .this theory might really be possible. Bcoz for me the other two theories are not logical. Both the mother and son claim that he would never take his own life . Moreover if she really did hate him and wanted to kill him she would push more towards the suicide story inorder to save herself.but she repeatedly says that her husband would never take his own life.So I felt like an accident may be the cause of it. But I never in a million years would have guessed that snoop had anything to do with it

To add to this theory, the main actress never knew if her character was guilty. But she was instructed to play the character as if she was innocent.

Great movie and fantastic performance from a dog.

brilliant!

I find it funny how a movie that is almost entirely a trial where many people jump to conclusions has everyone jumping to conclusions about it. This movie might just be a criticism of cinema itself. Many people in the film world, especially critics who have never set foot on a film set, love making interpretations out of thin air. When people don't understand a movie, they assume that there is something genius about it that needs to be explained and interpreted, especially if the film has won the Palme d'Or and been nominated for Oscars like "Anatomy of a Fall." To be able to correctly criticize a movie, you have to take into consideration the big picture, which should include the process of filmmaking (and if you don't know anything about it, just be quiet). We shouldn't be making interpretations; we should only discuss what's in the movie-the facts. This is funny as well because it was mentioned in the movie itself. During the trial, when the prosecuting lawyer interpreted the book the wife wrote, as a confession or lack thereof, it was noted that only the facts should matter. The same goes for criticizing the movie. We simply don't have the facts that could explain how the husband died. However, we have the following facts from the movie: 1. The defense lawyer told the wife when she said she didn't kill her husband that it wasn't the point; it didn't matter. Only the narrative matters. 2. It was mentioned that the wife, as a writer, likes to mislead the readers. 3. The little kid has strong hearing. Taking these points into account, we can say the following: The dog in the movie is just to mislead the audience, and how the husband died doesn't matter. It's the narrative that matters-how people pick and choose the things that they like to build a narrative in their heads that they can relate to. Both the prosecution and the defense weren't telling the truth; they were all building a story to win. The kid contributed to this by providing his own narrative. Because he has strong hearing, he could hear every detail going on in that house. It was also shown that he's creative, imaginative, and manipulative (getting his mom to leave the house so he can feed the dog medicine). So, he made up a story that is convenient for him as well to convince the court that his mom is innocent.

Your theory is very interesting. And could be a great explanation But there's s scene stuck in my mind, where we can see the kid watching his parents arguing and Sandra hitting his husband's head with something. I remember that scene vividly but not his context. I only watched the movie once, maybe I'm not remembering correctly 🤔 Opinions?

Mind blowing theory! Perfect logic behind it

It’s a great film. I did suspect snoop. He takes his ball upstairs and it’s not seen again

Yet the purpose of this film is making you thinking whether he killed her husband or not and things had gotten too far even the dog is suspicious Justine Tret is so talented

I had a lingering feeling. After this explanation, I consider the case closed.

As a Border Collie owner, Snoop did it by accident or choice. Too bad Snoop couldn't blame it on the cat.

I unironically love this theory, and might just believe it.

Snoop (Messi) is a good dog. He is the best dog!!!

it seems clear to me samuel offed himself, and it felt that way to me because of the way the director chose to show the actual scene of samuel saying those things to the son in such detail. to me the scene shows the son recalling a real event. Yes the director did show imagery of the alternative scenarios as well, but they were always quick vague flashes. When it was samuel talking to his son in the car, to me that was meant to be interpreted as a real thing that happened. it’s shown in as much detail and dialogue as all the other “real” events of the movie. I think if the director wanted it to be seen as the son making it up, it would have been another vague flash, or no image at all, just the son talking in court. I think the director was pretty deliberate in giving us a big clue there, personally.

The repeated showing of the staircase is nodding to the staircase story in the US. Also, the way she took the idea from her bf, and made into a story of her own, the writer of this movie took the idea from staircase built his own story around it.

This poor dog was about to get murdered.

How funny, I told that theory to my friend the moment we saw the first scene.

How dare you! Snoop is a Good Boy!