Bittersweet night a Paris for the dandy of Catalan cinema Albert Serra. Pacifictionthe last work of the Banyoles director, won two of the nine César awards to which she had been nominated. The French equivalent of the Goyas rewarded the actor Benoit Magimel with the award best male performance. In addition, he also awarded the stylistic and visual strength of Albert Serra’s film with César a la best photo for the Catalan Artur Tort. But Pacifiction, recorded in French, was left without the reward at the best director and best filmto which he also aspired.
“I didn’t know we could have so much freedom in a film”, highlighted Magimel, referring to Serra’s unique direction, in his speech of thanks after having managed to second year in a row the same prize. In addition to the two statuettes to Pacifictionanother good news for Spanish culture was the award for the beasts as best foreign film.
“Thank you very much for allowing me to be one small part of French cinema», said Rodrigo Sorogoyen, who competed in this category with triangle of sadness by Ruben Östlund – the last Palme d’Or in Cannes – and with the Polish EO by Jerry Skolimowski, among other films. This success of the Spanish-French productionwhich had already been the great winner of the Goyas, confirmed the excellent harvest last year of seventh art in Spain.
“The night of the 12th”, triumphant
However, the great winner of the act in the Parisian theater Olympia was The night of the 12th by Dominik Moll. This thriller francobelga on the search for the murder of a young woman succeeded six statuettesbetween them best film and best direction.
Meanwhile, the comedy L’innocent of Louis Garrel got two statuettes more, among them the best scriptdespite the fact that she had been nominated in ten categories.