The delirious film by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert won the Oscar for best film of the year and earned Michelle Yeoh, Jamie Lee Curtis and Ke Huy Quan honors in the acting categories. The Whale allowed Brendan Fraser to obtain the Oscar for best actor and Quebecer Adrien Morot to receive the Oscar for best make-up.
When Everything Everywhere All at Once (Everything, everywhere, all at once) hit theaters almost a year ago (the feature film hit Quebec screens on April 8, 2022), no one could have predicted that such a crazy, delirious film would triumph months later. late at the Oscars. By awarding it seven golden statuettes, including that of the best film of the year, the 9,579 members of the Academy suddenly announced a change in culture by completely modifying the general idea that we have of an “Oscar-winning” film. for almost a century. And that’s good.
Michelle Yeoh, crowned best actress, made history by becoming the first actress of Asian origin to receive the highest honor in Hollywood.
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Thanks to his performance in Everything Everywhere All at Once (Everything, everywhere, all at once), Michelle Yeoh won the Oscar for Best Actress.
“For all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this is a beacon of hope. This is proof that dreams do come true. And ladies, don’t let anyone tell you that your time is up! The actress has also proven it well by slipping into the skin of Evelyn Wang, a Chinese immigrant who has been living in the United States for a long time, whose ordinary life changes the day she is dragged into the multiverse in order to fulfill a mission. important for the fate of the world…
In addition to being celebrated in the Editing and Original Screenplay categories, Everything Everywhere All at Once distinguished itself in the categories reserved for supporting roles. The two winners, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie Lee Curtis, very moved, launched vibrant appeals.
“My mother is 84 years old and she watches at home. Mom, I won an Oscar! launched the Vietnamese-born actor. My journey started on a boat and I spent a year in a refugee camp. And now I find myself on the biggest stage in Hollywood today. They say that this kind of story only happens in the cinema and I find it hard to believe what is happening to me. But this is the American dream and you have to believe it! »
For his part, Jamie Lee Curtis said that this Oscar belonged to hundreds of people.
We won an Oscar. And to the hundreds of thousands of genre cinema lovers, which I practiced for so many years, we won an Oscar together.
Jamie Lee Curtis named Best Supporting Actress for Everything Everywhere All at Once
The actress then paid tribute to her late parents, Janet Leigh and Tony Curtis, who she recalled were both past finalists.
Going to get their Oscar for best director, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, nicknamed the Daniels, first dedicated their statuette to all the mothers in the world before Daniel Kwan affirms that there is greatness in every human being. . “You just have to surround yourself with people who can find it in you and I thank those who did it for me! »
Oscars for Brendan Fraser and Sarah Polley
The Whale, directed by Darren Aronofsky, won two Oscars, namely that for best actor, awarded to Brendan Fraser, as well as that awarded to the best make-up and hairstyles, designed in particular by Quebecer Adrien Morot. The latter thus gets his hands on the statuette 12 years after being cited for the first time thanks to Barney’s Version (Richard J. Lewis).
“I thank my team, as well as Darren Aronofsky, who pushed us to always go higher, without forgetting Brendan Fraser, an incredible actor,” he said on the Dolby Theater stage. The latter, visibly upset, notably mentioned his crossing of the desert.
When I started 30 years ago, everything seemed easy to me and I didn’t really enjoy it. Until it stops. I would simply like to thank you for this recognition.
Brendan Fraser, crowned best actor for The Whale
Canadian Sarah Polley also won the coveted Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay thanks to Women Talking. This beautiful film, adapted from a novel by Miriam Toews, is set in 2010, in a religious community where women have been victims of all kinds of abuse.
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Canadian Sarah Polley
“I want to thank the Academy for not being mortified by the association of the words Women And talking “said Sarah Polley, who is also directing the film. “Miriam Toews wrote a novel about a radical democracy in which everyone does not necessarily agree on all subjects, but where we manage to discuss and find a way out of the violence,” he said. she adds.
Multiple honor roll titles
The German movie All Quiet on the Western Front (Im Westen nichts Neues) did very well by winning four Oscars. In addition to the award for best international film, Edward Berger’s war drama was honored thanks to its cinematography (James Friend), its musical score (Volker Bertelmann) as well as its artistic direction (Christian M. Goldbeck).
Unsurprisingly, the magnificent Pinocchioby Guillermo del Toro, won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.
“Animation is not a genre and it is ready to take it to the next level. Please keep it in your conversations. I also thank Netflix for having faith in this film,” said the filmmaker.
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever was celebrated with its costumes, Avatar: The Way of Water was rewarded – as it should be – for its visual effects, and the Oscar for best sound went to Top Gun: Maverick.
Naatu Naatuthe flagship song of the Bollywood film phenomenon RRRwalked away with the Oscar for best original song, a first for an Indian film.
Navalnya film that Toronto documentary maker Daniel Roher dedicated to Alexei Navalny, a famous opponent of Vladimir Putin, won the Oscar for best documentary feature.
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh) The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg) TAR (Todd Field), Triangle of Sadness (Rüben Ostlund) and Elvis (Baz Luhrmann) have been completely cleared.
Finally, let us point out the victory of The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the Horsecrowned best animated short film in a category which included The Flying Sailora production of the National Film Board of Canada.