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  • "Jojo Rabbit" was launched at the Toronto Festival where it received the Audience Award.
  • This tender fantasy about a kid enrolled in the Hitler Youth whose imaginary friend is Hitler divided the press.
  • That didn't stop the film from being cited six times at the Oscars;

Who would've believed that ? Taika Waititi's Jojo Rabbit is cited six times at the Oscars. He is in the Best Film, Adaptation, Editing, Set, Costume and Actress categories in a supporting role for Scarlett Johansson. The story of a kid enrolled in the Hitler Youth and whose imaginary friend is Hitler made the Academy vibrate.

The boy discovers that he has been brainwashed when he meets a young Jewish woman who his mother hides in his attic. "We knew it worked in September at the Toronto festival," says the director at 20 Minutes. The audience reacted positively and we knew that was where the fate of the film was played out. The critics were more nuanced, even divided in the face of this comedy that the director conceived as an ode to tolerance.

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Shocked by humor

As La Vie est belle by Roberto Benigni, awarded at Cannes in 1998 and Oscar winner the following year, Jojo Rabbit did not make everyone laugh, some accusing him of playing down the acts of the Nazis. "Showing them that way is as shameful as it is dishonest," indieWire said . The Nazis were not just grotesque characters. Some even go downright with a certain aggressiveness. "This film is bold but is only conventional," says the magazine Variety, the bible of American professionals.

Few movies this year could have gone as wrong as JOJO RABBIT, so it's a testament to Taika that somehow, he pulled it off. The movie played like gangbusters tonight at TIFF and despite its high whimsy, could become a serious awards contender

- Kyle Buchanan (@kylebuchanan) September 9, 2019

A visionary reporter

“We knew that our film could attract this kind of reaction, recognizes Taika Waititi. I want to emphasize my sincerity. Being both Jewish and Maori, it is obvious that the Nazis hate me. Kyle Buchanan of the New York Times got the message. "Everything could have gone on distaff in Jojo Rabbit , but Taika succeeded. He could be a serious competitor at the time of the prices ”it wrote already on Twitter after the projection of Toronto. This journalist probably did not expect to be so right.

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"My goal was to make a film that makes young and old think about the absurdity of hatred," insists Taika Waititi. The Toronto public seems to have been more convinced by Jojo Rabbit than the professionals since he awarded him his prize. "It was the audience that paved the way for success for Jojo Rabbit, " said the director. As of January 26, the film had already grossed more than $ 26 million in the United States. We hope that French spectators will also open their hearts to him.

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