Le Procès Goldman

The Goldman Case

Quinzaine 2023 | Feature film | 116 min | France

World premiere

A lawless desperado or a headstrong young man persecuted by a racist police state? In 1976, the second trial of Pierre Goldman, divided France when the far-left activist was retried for four robberies, one of which resulted in two deaths. He denied any involvement in the latter case. By choosing to stage this judicial huis-clos, Cédric Kahn makes a soft but powerful entry into the delicate genre of the courtroom drama. He also unearths a black box of distinctly French passions, upheavals and splits, that extend far beyond the 1970s.

Director

Cédric Kahn

Cédric Kahn started out as an assistant editor for Maurice Pialat’s Under the Sun of Satan and then directed his first short film Les Dernières Heures du millénaire in 1990. Two years later, his first feature film Bar des rails premiered at the Angers European First Film Festival and was then presented at the International Critic’s Week in Venice. He then received the Jean Vigo Prize with his next film Too Much Happiness in 1994 and the Louis-Delluc Prize with Boredom in 1998. In 2001, Roberto Succo was presented in the official selection of the Cannes Film Festival. He then directed Red Lights, which was presented at the Berlinale in 2004. In 2014, he won the Special Jury Prize at the San Sebastián Film Festival for Wild Life and in 2018, his lead actor Anthony Bajon won the Silver Bear for Best Actor at the Berlin Film Festival for the film The Prayer. He is also an actor in many films.