The Goldman Case

Gripping courtroom drama based on the explosive 1976 murder trial of French political activist, Pierre Goldman.

The heated 1976 trial of French left-wing intellectual and activist Pierre Goldman, accused of murdering two pharmacists in a bungled robbery, is reconstructed in Cédric Kahn’s gripping courtroom drama. Unfurling within the claustrophobic environs of a tense courtroom, The Goldman Case draws heavily on the cinematographic style of certain 1970s documentaries, transporting us to the very heart of the drama.

Arieh Worthalter’s award-winning turn as the volatile Goldman is explosive – his indignation at the injustice he feels he has been subject to manifests itself as a stream of barely contained rage, as he seeks to clear his name. It just one riveting element of a taut and compelling film that examines both this famous case, and wider issues surrounding institutional antisemitism and the revolutionary spirit of the 1970s.