The Accusation () is a 2021 French courtroom drama film directed by Yvan Attal. The screenplay, written by Attal and Yaël Langmann, is an adaptation of Karine Tuil's 2019 novel of the same name. It had its world premiere on 9 September 2021 at the 78th Venice International Film Festival, and was released in France by Gaumont Film Company on 1 December 2021. Plot Alexandre Farel is the son of the prominent television presenter Jean Farel. Claire, his mother, left Jean and lives with Adam Wizman, who is also separated from his Orthodox Jewish wife with whom he has a daughter, Mila. When Alexandre returns from finishing his studies in the United States, he accompanies his mother for an evening and meets Mila. Together they go to a party for former students of the Lycée Henri-IV. The next day, the police arrest Alexandre, who has been accused of rape by Mila. He denies the charge and argues that the act was consensual. The event sends the families into a breakdown as their lives are torn apart by the trial. Cast Ben Attal as Alexandre Farel Suzanne Jouannet as Mila Wizman Charlotte Gainsbourg as Claire Farel Mathieu Kassovitz as Adam Wizman Pierre Arditi as Jean Farel Audrey Dana as Valérie Berdah Benjamin Lavernhe as Maître Arthur Célerier Judith Chemla as Mila's lawyer Hervé Temime as Maître Lancel Franz-Rudolf Lang as Maître Rozenberg Réjane Kerdaffrec as Anne Collet Gérard Watkins as Avocat Général Laetitia Colombani as Psychologist Jean-Charles Piette as Expert Psychiatrist Marie Dompnier as Madame Vallet Jean-Toussaint Bernard Romain Cottard Zakariya Gouram Laëtitia Eïdo as Yasmina Vasseur Camille Razat as Quitterie Emmanuelle Lepoutre Anne Bouvier as Madame Ballard Marie-Bénédicte Roy as Marianne Joaquim Fossi Angèle Metzger Fahmi Guerbaa Julie Fournier as Florence Laplace Fabrice Drouelle Production The screenplay is inspired by the novel Les Choses humaines by Karine Tuil, published in the summer of 2019, which notably won the Prix Interallié and the Prix Goncourt des Lycéens. Karine Tuil herself was inspired by a news story that occurred on the Stanford University campus (the 2015 rape case of Stanford student Brock Turner) to write the novel. Yvan Attal directs his partner Charlotte Gainsbourg in the film as well as their son, Ben Attal — both of whom already starred in his previous film, My Dog Stupid, released in 2019. Principal photography began in August 2020. Filming especially took place in the