Courted
Feared judge Michel Racine is extremely strict in all aspects of his life until he meets a beautiful juror who will judge a man accused of murder. Six years earlier, Racine had loved her. Almost secretly. She is perhaps the only woman he has ever loved.
22 December 1956, Montreuil, Seine-Saint-Denis, France
22 November 1968, Copenhagen, Denmark
28 December 1982, France
1 November 1951, Paris, France
April 11, 2016
One of those films that goes under the radar but has everything in it, making it a great film. [Full review in Spanish]September 30, 2016
At its heart this is a study of how people caught up in the legal process must navigate the formalities while retaining hope and humanity. To that end, the everyday details are deftly observed and the performances, exemplary.June 16, 2016
This exquisitely observed character study, more comedy than drama, is really about the judge's growing relationship with a woman on the jury.April 06, 2016
Love affairs and literature. Rom-com and courtroom drama. The mix isn't really promising, but Christian Vincent manages to make a good marriage out of them. [Full Review in Spanish]May 17, 2016
The measured interaction of Luchini and Knudsen is a pleasure, with his querulous intelligence and her considered energy creating a dynamic that speaks to their character's quietly held desires.September 26, 2016
Fitfully entertaining, with some grabby trial scenes.September 29, 2016
Fabrice Luchini remains one of those actors it's a rare joy to watch: mischievous, authoritative when required, at all times drolly self-aware.May 12, 2016
Courted is an intriguing, carefully constrained work, although there's something a little disconcerting about the way the two stories are interwoven.September 27, 2016
Luchini's excellent, but this is guilty of gross tonal uncertainty.September 29, 2016
Vincent has a gift for notching up comic detail in the margins: the flu-ridden judge being injected by his doctor in the buttock; his insistence on the proper courtroom terms of address.