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 riveting courtroom drama.

Kahn’s portrait of a trial that gripped France is a stripped back masterpiece. Unfurling within the claustrophobic environs of a tense, heavy courtroom, in style it draws heavily on the cinematographic style of certain 1970s documentaries, an aesthetic that transports 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. If you enjoyed Anatomy of a Fall – this one’s for you.