After Cannes and before the Oscars, Emilia Pérez Sacré Best Film

The consecration for Jacques Audiard. The 50^e César ceremony awarded this Friday at the Olympia seven compressions in Emilia Pérez . The record of the evening, which did not give much room for other favorites The Comte de Monte-Cristo et Love phew To shine. Especially the musical drama on a drug trafficker doing his gender transition and trying to find redemption, which was appointed twelve times, leaves with the sovereign prize for the best film. The feature film was in competition against Mercy, A fanfare, Souleymane’s story et The Comte de Monte-Cristo.

The Academy of César has made it block behind the musical drama which represents the know -how of the cinema of French author and will try to save the Oscars. Emilia Pérez was not disowned on her native land. The only major category that resisted her is that of the best actress where her two stars Karla Sofià Gàscon and Zoe Saldana clashed and divided the votes. Difficult to quantify the impact that the controversy on the racist tweets of Karla Sofià Gàscon, which has come out of its exile, could have walked the red carpet of the Caesar. Madrid should do the same at the Oscars.

A racing at Oscars transformed into Calvary

Emilia Pérez, whose racing at the Oscars has been in a calvary since the discovery of the account on X of its actress, therefore succeeds Anatomy of a fall And fly over this side of the Atlantic the controversies. “It’s a pleasure to give you this price”underlines Catherine Deneuve. Jacques Audiard has Rosi of pleasure in the face of the compliment of the actress. If his producers thanked Thierry Frémaux, the general delegate of Cannes where the film began his ascent and the Netflix teams, who carry him to the Oscars, whose strategist Lisa Taback, the filmmaker quoted British psychoanalyst Donald Woods Winnicott: “Thank you for discovering me”. “Yes, I want to play the intellectuals”.

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Critical and public success, Emilia Pérez Seduced 1.2 million spectators in French cinemas. A great consecration for Jacques Audiard, who now totals four César for best director. It makes me happy but I am afraid that you take me in flu ”, he joked. He and his team will have little time to party. As of Saturday morning, they will fly to Los Angeles where the 97th edition of the Oscars will be held on Sunday. Despite thirteen nominations, the film is no longer in a position of strength to win the trophy for the best international film. Only Zoe Saldana seems to remain competitive in the best supporting role category.