and we have herself, which is the new film by phyllida lloyd, which i think you and i have different opinions about. chuckles to be discussed. we start with the collini case. yes, so, german crime thriller, based on a book by ferdinand von schirach which i confess i have not read, although it s apparently a very famous book. story is a young lawyer is assigned to a case in which he has to defend a man, fabricio collini played by the great franco nero who is accused of murder. the case seems fairly hopeless, not least because shortly after the murder, fabricio collini presented himself, covered in blood, and now refuses to speak in his own defence. here s a clip.
so it then transpires that the lawyer actually knew the victim. in fact, the victim was something of a mentor to him, took him under his wing, almost fathered him. the question is why on earth would anybody want to kill this man, who was a respected industrialist and, as far as the lawyer, knows was a very good person? the author of the book, his grandfather was a very high ranking nazi who was tried at nuremberg and one of the things the book is about is coming to terms with, you know, the past and the ghosts of your own past and accepting the fact that people who seem like one thing may actually be something completely different, so a lot of the story is to do with confronting guilt. it s also a pretty good drama in terms of it s a courtroom drama. now, i love a courtroom drama,
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schirach, which i confess i have not read although it s apparently a very famous book. the story is a young lawyer is assigned to a case in which he has to defend a man, fabricio collini, played by the great franco nero, who is accused of murder. the case seems fairly hopeless, not least because shortly after the murder fabricio collini presented himself, covered in blood, and now refuses to speak in his own defence. here s a clip.
so it then transpires that the lawyer actually knew the victim. in fact the victim was something of a mentor to him, took him under his wing, almost fathered him. the question is why on earth would anybody want to kill this man, who was a respected industrialist and as far as the lawyer knows was very good person. the author of the book, his grandfather was a very high ranking nazi who was tried at nuremberg. and one of the things the book is about is coming to terms with the past and the ghosts of your own past, and accepting the fact that people who seem like one thing may actually be something completely different. so a lot of the story is to do with confronting guilt. it s also a pretty good drama in terms of it s a courtroom drama, now, i love a courtroom drama, i do understand courtroom dramas