Emilia Perez plays her all-rounder at the Golden Globes, The Substance in ambush

After the triumph of Justine Triet andAnatomy of a fall last year, French talents will still have a chance to shine this Sunday in Hollywood, during the 82^e edition of the Golden Globes. The most glamorous ceremony in the industry after the Oscars, for which it is often a springboard. French spectators will be able to follow the gala and its red carpet, during the night from Sunday to Monday from 12:45 a.m. on Canal +.

With ten nominations (including best musical and comedy film, foreign film, director, screenplay, actress and supporting role), Jacques Audiard’s Spanish-language musical drama about the cartels Emilia Perez hovers over the other works in the running. The feature film, distributed by Netflix which is running a very active campaign, is a favorite. If it fills up with statuettes, the musical drama will have the wind in its sails for the Oscars, which announce their nominations on January 17. Emilia Perez was thus selected by the CNC to represent France in the best international film section.

A boost is necessary because during the first phase of the awards season, dominated by the charts of the American critics’ associations, Emilia Perez did not break through. From New York to Florida via Indiana and Seattle, they fell behind Anora, The Brutalist et The Substance.

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The success of a French filmmaker can hide another

The buzz of one French filmmaker can even hide another. Director Coralie Fargeat is also acclaimed by the 334 foreign journalists who are members of the Golden Globes. The Substancehis horrific and macabre fable, portrait of an aging star who creates an even younger and more beautiful version of himself, landed five nominations: best comedy, best comedy actress (Demi Moore), best supporting role (Margaret Qualley) , best screenplay and best direction.

Unlike other years, the comedy and musical film category, to which Emilia Perez et The Substanceis going to be very competitive. Opposite are the Anora palme d’or, the love triangle on the tennis courts Challengers and the musical Wickedwhich reigns over the American box office.

Duels Wicked against Emilia Perez

This keen competition is found in the best comedy actress category. Revelation ofEmilia Perezthe Spanish transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón has on her way Mikey Madison, the stripper with the heart of‘Anora and Cynthia Erivo, impressive witch in Wicked. The surprise could also come from Demi Moore, astonishingly vulnerable in The Substance. Bringing up the rear are Zendaya (Challengers) and Amy Adams as an overworked mother (Nightbitch).

In men, the result is much more uncertain. The statuette is played between Jesse Eisenberg, who begins a memorial journey in the Poland of the concentration camps in A Real Pain, Hugh Grant (Heretic), Gabriel LaBelle (Saturday Night), Jesse Plemons (Kinds of Kindness), Glen Powell (Hit Man) and Sebastian Stan (A Different Man).

In the supporting role category, the clash between Wicked et Emilia Perez is also appropriate. Good fairy Wickedsinger Ariana Grande faces her colleague Selena Gomez and Zoe Saldana, who risks dividing the votes on Jacques Audiard’s film. Margaret Qualley (The Substance) could benefit from it. Just like Isabelle Rossellini, an unfiltered nun working for the Vatican in Conclave. Felicity Jones, Holocaust survivor in The Brutalist, completes the list.

Among their colleagues, Kieran Culkin seems to be off to a good start with A Real Pain. He faces Edward Norton, mentor of Bob Dylan in A complete strangerGuy Pearce (The Brutalist), Jeremy Strong (The Apprentice), Denzel Washington (Gladiator II) and Yura Borisov, mute and tender henchmanAnora.

Golden Globes in full change

Still marked by the vast scandal revealed in 2021 on the ethical failings, racism and corruption of their members based in California, the Golden Globes have largely reformed in recent years. In particular, they added more than 240 journalists established abroad (Europe, Africa, Asia, South America). A change which is felt in the nominations, according to Pete Hammond, of the specialized site Deadline. The ceremony is less predictable, no longer honors maligned turnips and more open to international auteur films from festivals. The drama categories, traditionally separated from comedies by the Golden Globes, also reflect this evolution.

The Canadian film The Brutalista portrait of a Holocaust survivor architect trying to rebuild his life in the United States, received seven nominations. It is aiming for the prize for best dramatic film, but will notably have to get rid of the papal thriller Conclavenominated in six categories. The thriller September 5 on the hostage-taking of Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympics seen through the ABC News newsroom, A Complete Stranger, Dune 2 et Nickel Boys do not seem to be able to destabilize this duel.

The stars of The Brutalist et ConclaveAdrien Brody and Ralph Fiennes – brilliant and cardinal embroiled in the Vatican’s shenanigans to elect a new pope – face off for the title of best actor in a dramatic film. A race in which Timothée Chalamet could be invited, for his remarkable incarnation of Bob Dylan in the biopic A complete stranger. The Golden Globes could also choose to take a stand and reward Sebastian Stan, who portrays a young Donald Trump in The Apprentice. ANDhomosexual writer tormented by loneliness in Queer, Daniel Craig and Colman Domingo, prisoner with a passion for theater in Sing Singfont figure d’outsiders.

The revenge of the forties and fifties

It is on the destiny of actresses that the Golden Globes are most likely to weigh, three days before the close of voting for Oscar nominations. Angelina Jolie is inhabited by her role as the singer Maria Callas in Mariafrozen biopic of Pablo Larrain. Nicole Kidman impresses as a powerful woman with unfulfilled sexuality in Babygirl. Fernanda Torres moves as a widow devoted to her children under the Brazilian dictatorship of the 70s, in the melodrama I’m still here.

Without forgetting Kate Winslet, who lends her features to war photographer Lee Miller in Lee, Tilda Swinton as a journalist suffering from cancer considering euthanasia in The room next door by Almodovar or Pamela Anderson, surprising as a revue dancer overtaken by age in The Last Showgirl. Like a category dominated by actresses who have passed or are about to cross the threshold of fifty. A remarkable statistic for a sector which is accustomed to feeding on fresh flesh…