2023-12-10 12:32:01
Best film, direction, screenplay… Justine Triet’s Palme d’Or, “overwhelmed by the destiny of her film”, left nothing to her rivals this Saturday in Berlin. Bodes well for the race for Oscar nominations.
From our journalist in Berlin,
For 35 years, the European Film Awards have rewarded the best auteur cinema from the Old Continent. After being praised to the skies in Reykjavik last year, the Palme d’Or Without Filter its members have reserved a tidal wave, this Saturday in Berlin, at Anatomy of a fall. Like its predecessor Without Filter, Justine Triet’s palme d’or was a grand slam: best film, best direction, best actress… This tidal wave left nothing to its rivals and completes Justine Triet’s well-stocked collection.
Anatomy of a fall won six statuettes. The Palme d’Or first won the screenplay award. «The idea ofAnatomy of a fall came to my partner Arthur Harari and me during confinement. We tested the strength of our bond by writing this story about a couple whose relationship is no longer working. This tipping point when everything becomes a negotiation, from the most trivial to the most fundamental: the education of a child, time spent for oneself, sexuality. I wanted this crisis to be seen through their son’s eyes», Delivered its author Justine Triet, while her companion welcomed, via zoom, a European prize for this polyglot and borderless Palme d’Or, worn by a German actress speaking French and English.
What followed the price of achievement. «JI wrote this film for my actress Sandra Hüller, her voice, her body. I didn’t want to make his character a victim. She is judged by her independence, her sexuality, her creativity. Qualities that come from a man, not a woman. She succeeds where her husband failed“, declared Justine Triet. THE coronation of its actress Sandra Hüller didn’t take long. The German actress was also nominated for her chilling performance as a Nazi housewife The Area of Interest by Jonathan Glazer. In her acceptance speech, she asked for a few moments of silence to “imagine peace together».
At the announcement of his victory in the queen category best filmJustine Triet exclaimed, “That makes a lot», before thanking its charismatic producer Marie-Ange Luciani. These last few weeks have been triumphant for the director, who has won numerous awards in the United States (Gotham Awards, National Board Of Review, New York critics’ circle) and in England.
Justine Triet and Sandra Hülser ODD ANDERSEN / AFP
“Overwhelmed by the success of the film”
This dynamic across the Atlantic and this harvest at the European Film Awards confirm thatAnatomy of a fall, which achieves a good box office in the United States, pleases all audiences. The feature film has the potential to create a surprise at the Oscars. If the legal thriller was not selected by the CNC to represent France at the Oscar for best foreign film, it can hope to shine in the general categories. Experts estimate thatAnatomy of a fall has a good chance of garnering nominations in the best screenplay or even best film sections at the end of January.
In the press room, Justine Triet said to herself “overwhelmed by the destiny of her film» et «ready to start» the cross-country race that is the Oscar nomination campaign. The CNC’s disappointment is a thing of the past. “This decision was made by a handful of officials. But Anatomy of a fall touched countless numbers of spectators», underlined Sandra Hüller.
The Zone of interest et Dead leaves empty-handed
Unhappy competitorAnatomy of a fall in Cannes and in this awards season, The Area of Interest by Jonathan Glazer, which explores the banality of evil in Auschwitz, was unable to convert any of its five nominations. Just like the melancholy idyll Dead leaves by Aki Kaurismäki. The prize for best actor went to the Dane Mads Mikkelsen for the historical drama The Promised Land on the stubbornness in the 18th century of a captain who set out to conquer a Danish moor deemed uncultivable. The lucky winner was absent, detained in Tokyo.
Already winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes, Molly Manning Walker left with the discovery trophy pour How To Have Sex on the injunctions that adolescents face regarding sexuality. “By making this film, we hoped that it would be seen. We did not realize to what extent so many spectators would unfortunately recognize themselves in the abuse suffered by Tara», Launched the Briton. She returned to the stage to receive the statuette of prize for young Europeans Scrapper directed by her friend Charlotte Reagan, for which she provided the cinematography.
A vintage of nominees marked by conflict and heartbreak
Beyond this list of awards, Matthijs Wouter Knol, president of the European Cinema Academy in charge of the ceremony, remembers “a 2023 vintage marked by frenzy, marked by the emergence of numerous European territories and an increasingly marked presence on screen by war, conflict, violence, a feeling of being sidelined“. And to decipher: “TEverything that happens in the news infuses the films we have seen. Is it a coincidence that two of this year’s flagship feature films Me, Captain et Green border talk about the daily struggle for survival of migrants and people thrown onto the path of exile in an odyssey that they did not always choose? Others, as Anatomy of a Fall et The Area of Interest highlight the dichotomy between the private sphere, family life and what happens in the outside world».
“Complex characters pass by who question us: What do we believe in? What are our values ? Our priorities? What is the basis of our decisions?, adds Matthijs Wouter Knol, who welcomes a near parity (40%) between male and female directors and the emergence of a new generation of filmmakers with assured beginnings. Like Molly Manning Walker. The European Film Awards take place every other year in Berlin. This 36th edition saw the gala return to Berlin for the first time since 2019 (covid obliges). As prophesied by Matthijs Wouter Knol, the evening paid homage to its host city. The mistress of ceremonies thus insisted on the need to vote in the European elections next June.
«Jnever has the role of European cinema in building a bridge between our member countries been so essential, at a time when incomprehension and mistrust are growing, where our citizens prefer to give in to stereotypes rather than their curiosity», concludes Matthijs Wouter Knol, who recalls that the primary role of his Academy is to enable filmmakers and artists of all nationalities to help each other and facilitate co-production projects.
Prize list of the 36th European Film Awards
Best Film Award: Anatomy of a Fall
Directing Award: Justine Triet for Anatomy of a fall
Screenplay award: Anatomy of a fall
Best Actress Award: Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a fall
Best Actor Award: Mads Mikkelsen for The Promised Land
Assembly price: Anatomy of a fall
Artistic Direction Award: The Promised Land
Special effects prices: The circle of snow
Sound price: The area of interest
Price of decorations: The Chimera
Makeup and hair prices: The circle of snow
Costume prices: The Promised Land
Original soundtrack price: Zero Club
Animated film prize: Robot Dreams
Prix Film4climate: Güler Sabancı
Discovery Prize: How To Have Sex
EuropeanUniversity Film Award : Anatomy of a fall
Young European Prize: Scrapper
Short film prize: Hardly Working
Documentary Prize: Smoke Sauna Sisterhood
Honorary awards: Vanessa Redgrave, Béla Tarr and Isabel Coixet
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