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77th Golden Globes: British director Sam Mendes, surrounded by the film crew in 1917, was crowned Best Director and the film Best Picture Drama, Los Angeles, January 5, 2020. Paul Drinkwater / NBC Universal / Handout via Reuters

As every year, as a prelude to the Oscars in February, Los Angeles hosted the first celebration of the year for American cinema, the Golden Globes. We expected a triumph of Netflix productions, this is not really the case.

Yes, even with three feature films in five in the prestigious category of best dramatic film, the ambitious, The Irishman Martin Scorsese, Netflix off again empty-handed from the Golden Globes 77èmes, reports our correspondent in Los Angeles, Loïc Pialat.

It was 1917 , a war film shot entirely in sequence, that won over the Hollywood foreign press. Sam Mendes, its director, was also rewarded.

Beautiful evening also for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood Quentin Tarantino, with three Globes, Best Comedy, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor for Brad Pitt charismatic stuntman.

And then Joaquim Phoenix, impressive in Joker , won the Globe for best actor in a drama.

Note a moment of history, the rapper Awkwafina, the heroine of the movie The Farewell pretty Lulu Wang received the Globe for best actress in a comedy. She is the first woman of Asian origin to be awarded in this category.

And then disappointment but no surprise for Les Miserables and The portrait of the young girl on fire, the two French films beaten by South Korean Parasite already Palme d'Or at Cannes.