Europe 1 with AFP 6:40 a.m., March 11, 2024
During the night from Sunday to Monday, the 96th Oscar ceremony took place in Los Angeles. During this edition, Christopher Nolan's film, "Oppenheimer" walked away with seven statuettes including that of best film and best direction. Justine Triet and her companion Arthur Harari were awarded for the screenplay of “Anatomy of a Fall”.
The predicted explosion really took place:
Oppenheimer
won the Oscar for best film on Sunday as well as six other statuettes, during a great evening for the French film
Anatomy of a Fall
, rewarded for its screenplay.
Crowned with rave reviews and an impeccable casting, Christopher Nolan's portrait of the father of the atomic bomb largely dominated the evening.
“I cannot emphasize enough the incredible team we brought together for this film,” responded the filmmaker, taking advantage of his award for best director to thank all the actors.
READ ALSO -
“Anatomy of a fall”: Messi's mistress, the star dog of the film, fears for his future in the cinema
Cillian Murphy, masterful as Robert Oppenheimer, a nuclear genius steeped in contradictions and doubts, won the Oscar for best actor.
“For better or for worse, we live in the world of Oppenheimer” and the atomic bomb, observed the Irishman.
“So I would really like to dedicate this award to peacemakers around the world.”
His on-screen antagonist, Robert Downey Jr, who plays a conservative bureaucrat orchestrating the public humiliation of the scientist, won the award for best supporting actor.
The film's coronation was completed by other technical statuettes - editing, photography, soundtrack - living up to the reputation of a popular masterpiece that it has built since its theatrical release this summer.
READ ALSO –
Women in cinema
“It’s a crazy year” for Justine Triet
Anatomy of a Fall
could not play spoilsport to prevent this announced triumph.
This legal thriller about the collapse of a dysfunctional artist couple, where an ambiguous writer played by Sandra Hüller finds herself accused of the murder of her husband, had to be content with only one Oscar out of the five categories in which it was nominated: for best original screenplay.
“It will help me get through my midlife crisis,” joked French filmmaker Justine Triet, very moved, who worked alongside Nolan and Martin Scorsese for its production.
“It’s a crazy year,” she breathed, alongside her companion Arthur Harari, with whom she co-wrote the script.
His work has indeed established itself as the best representative of French cinema internationally since
Amour
, Oscar winner for best foreign film in 2013, and
The Artist
, which won five statuettes in 2012. Palme d'Or at Cannes,
Anatomie d'Or A Fall
was notably rewarded with two Golden Globes and a Bafta - the equivalent of the British Caesars.
Success for Emma Stone
Emma Stone was the other big winner of the evening.
After
La La Land
in 2017, the actress won her second Oscar for best actress for
Poor Creatures
.
This baroque tale by Yorgos Lanthimos won four statuettes in total, saluting its retrofuturist aesthetic.
She plays Bella Baxter, a suicide resuscitated by a crazy scientist, who implants the brain of the baby she was carrying inside her.
The opportunity for her to deliver a joyfully regressive performance, as a creature who discovers sex and the thousand other pleasures of life, without any shame or prejudice.
This role was “the gift of a lifetime”, reacted the actress, thanking her director and expressing her admiration for all her competitors.
This category was the tightest: Lily Gladstone, remarkable as a Native American poisoned by her husband in "Killers of the Flower Moon", by Martin Scorsese, therefore left empty-handed.
Nominated for
Anatomy of a Fall
, Sandra Hüller was able to console herself with the other film in which she was starring: "The Zone of Interest" won the Oscar for best international film for its chronicle of life carefree family of a Nazi family right next to Auschwitz.
The complete list
Best film:
Oppenheimer
Best Director: Christopher Nolan (
Oppenheimer
)
Best original screenplay:
Anatomy of a Fall
, by Justine Triet and Arthur Harari
Best Adapted Screenplay:
American Fiction
, by Cord Jefferson
Best actor: Cillian Murphy (
Oppenheimer
)
Best Actress: Emma Stone (
Poor Creatures
)
Best Supporting Actor: Robert Downey Jr. (
Oppenheimer
)
Best Supporting Actress: Da'Vine Joy Randolph (
Winter Break
)
Best original music: Ludwig Göransson (Oppenheimer)
Best Original Song:
What Was I Made For?
, by Billie Eilish (Barbie)
Best international film:
The Zone of Interest
, by Jonathan Glazer
Best animated film:
The Boy and the Heron
, by Hayao Miyazaki and Toshio Suzuki
Best photo: Hoyte van Hoytema (
Oppenheimer
)
Best production design: James Price, Shona Heath and Zsuzsa Mihalek (
Poor Creatures
)
Best Costumes: Holly Waddington (
Poor Creatures
)
Best Makeup and Hair: Nadia Stacey, Mark Coulier and Josh Weston (
Poor Creatures
)
Best Editing: Jennifer Lame (
Oppenheimer
)
Best Sound: Tarn Willers and Johnnie Burn (
The Zone of Interest)
Best visual effects: Takashi Yamazaki, Kiyoko Shibuya, Masaki Takahashi and Tatsuji Nojima (
Godzilla Minus One
)
Best Documentary:
20 Days in Mariupol
, by Mstyslav Chernov
Best Documentary Short Film:
The Last Repair Shop
, by Kris Bowers and Ben Proudfoot
Best short film:
The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar
, by Wes Anderson and Steven Rales
Best Animated Short Film:
War Is Over!
Inspired by the Music of John & Yoko
, by Dave Mullins and Brad Booker