Le procès Goldman

Cédric Kahn stages the trial of Pierre Goldman, a revolutionary and leftist writer, accused in 1976 of murdering two pharmacists during a robbery. Goldman was adored by the Parisian intelligentsia and author of a best-selling book entitled "Obscure memories of a Polish Jew born in France". In court, he denied having committed the two murders and violently attacked the French state and its police, whom he described as racist. The rigor of the script, the lyricism of the dialogue, the effective sobriety of the staging and the excellence of the actors highlight the passionate exchanges during which Goldman tries to impose his truth and his vision of France on the jury, the prosecutor and even his own lawyer Georges Kiejman. The debates and emotions raised during the trial are disturbingly topical, making PROCES GOLDMAN one of France's great political films. Photo credits Viviana Thill (c) Philippe Reuter