After a year of pandemic, this 93rd Academy Awards could not be ordinary.

From the charm of a 73-year-old Korean actress to Brad Pitt to the "twerk" of Glenn Close, here are the five highlights of this 93rd edition which took place this Sunday evening in a historic central train station in Los Angeles, Union Station, and not in the traditional Dolby Theater.

The Oscars in cabaret mode

Subdued light, small committee, the guests, without masks, seated in alcoves, the musician Questlove at the turntables, the coronavirus has forced the Academy to adapt to give a semblance of normality to the event.

Deprived of an official presenter for the third year in a row, and therefore of most of its forced humor or outbursts of voice, the evening was muffled, a little weighed down by a year of pandemic.

Brad Pitt and Youn Yuh-jung, the unlikely Oscar couple

“Mr. Brad Pitt, finally!

»Exclaimed Youn Yuh-jung, a 73-year-old South Korean actress, after the American actor presented her with his statuette of best actress in

Minari,

filmed in the United States.

“Where were you when we were filming in Tulsa, Oklahoma,” she continued, earthy as hell, as Brad Pitt scoffed.

“It's an honor to meet you,” said this legend of Korean cinema, crowned 50 years after starting his career.

The conversation continued behind the scenes.

“Mister Brad Pitt nice to meet you!” # Oscars pic.twitter.com/fj4W2fABg1

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Thomas Vinterberg's tribute to his missing daughter

Her film,

Drunk,

was to be the occasion for Ida, 19, to take her first steps as an actress.

But an accident caused by an inattentive driver claimed his life, four days after filming began.

"We ended up making this film for her, like a monument," Danish director Thomas Vinterberg explained, receiving his award for best foreign film, in tears.

“It's a miracle that just happened.

Maybe you pull some strings somewhere.

This is all for you.

Thank you.

"

Glenn Close still empty-handed

Eighth nomination and eighth setback for the American actress Glenn Close who, at 74, had yet, once again, impressed, with her role of surly grandmother in

An American ode.

The winner of the day, Youn Yuh-jung, who won Glenn Close the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, paid tribute to the American actress: “How could I beat Glenn Close?

The Korean actress wondered.

“I must have been a little luckier than you.

"

Present Sunday in Los Angeles, the American did not lose the smile and, during an interlude, slipped a spade to "her friends of the Oscars", then began to dance the "twerk", in undulating from the posterior.

We had not seen Glenn Close's dance coming and we are totally a fan of #Oscars pic.twitter.com/H0DQ0edMdg

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Florian Zeller's statement to Anthony Hopkins

Florian Zeller, a 41-year-old French author, won the Oscar for best adaptation for the screenplay of his first film,

The Father,

based on his play,

Le Père.

By receiving his Oscar, which he shared with his co-writer, Briton Christopher Hampton, Florian Zeller paid tribute to Anthony Hopkins, crowned best actor this Sunday for his role as father in the film.

“I wrote the script for him,” said Florian Zeller.

“For me, he's the greatest living actor.

"

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