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“Oppenheimer” director Christopher Nolan (l.) with producer Emma Thomas (m.) and producer Charles Roven after the award ceremony
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“Oppenheimer” is the big winner of the British Bafta film awards: The film biography by director Christopher Nolan won seven awards from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta) on Sunday evening in London. It was awarded best film, Nolan received the award for best director and actor Cillian Murphy, who plays the US physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who is considered to be the inventor of the atomic bomb, in "Oppenheimer" received the award for best actor.
“Oppenheimer” was nominated in 13 categories at the Baftas. It prevailed in the top category of best film against the French legal drama “Anatomy of a Case” with the German actress Sandra Hülser in the leading role. The Frankenstein story “Poor Things,” the college tragic comedy “The Holdovers” and the western drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” by veteran director Martin Scorsese also lagged behind “Oppenheimer.”
In addition to “Oppenheimer” actor Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. was also honored as best supporting actor. The Irishman Murphy was “overwhelmed” after his honor and added that he was “thrilled and a little shocked.”
The blockbuster, which grossed more than a billion dollars (910 million euros), has once again clearly confirmed its role as favorite for the Oscars in three weeks. At the Golden Globes in January, “Oppenheimer” already won five of the coveted US film and television awards. It won awards in eight categories at the Critics Choice Awards.
The second big winner at the Baftas was "Poor Things" by director Giorgos Lanthimos with five awards: Hollywood star Emma Stone was honored as best actress for her role as a corpse brought back to life by a mad scientist and equipped with the brain of a fetus . She beat, among others, Hülser (“Anatomy of a Case”) and “Barbie” actress Margot Robbie.
US actress Da'Vine Joy Randolph was honored as best supporting actress for her role in “The Holdovers”. Huller, who was also nominated in this category for her role in the Holocaust drama "The Zone of Interest", came away empty-handed at the Baftas, but her two films did not: "Anatomy of a Case" received the award for best original screenplay , “The Zone of Interest” won Best British Film, Best Non-English Language Film and Best Sound.
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