Less than a month before the Oscars and with seven statuettes, the biopic on the father of the atomic bomb Oppenheimer is the big winner of the BAFTA evening on Sunday, who finally offers his coronation to Christopher Nolan, but leaves a bitter taste in Anatomy of a fall.
A big favorite of the British film awards as well as other international prizes, this epic portrait of J. Robert Oppenheimer, which grossed almost a billion dollars, crushed its competitors, starting with its great rival on screens this summer, barbieleft empty-handed.
Oppenheimer won in the most prestigious categories – best film and best director – and offered its first statuette to Christopher Nolan, who received a standing ovation. Despite its numerous commercial successes (Inception, The Dark Knight), he had never been crowned in his country of origin.
His portrait of the tortured physicist, scientific director of the Manhattan Project during the Second World War, won over Anatomy of a fall by Justine Triet, Winter Break by Alexander Payne, Killers of the Flower Moon by Martin Scorsese and Poor creatures by Yorgos Lanthimos.
The Irishman Cillian Murphy and the American Robert Downey Jr – already winner of a BAFTA for Chaplin 31 years ago – were also recognized in the categories of best actor and best supporting actor.
“It’s a very complex, demanding three-hour film about a physicist and a very dark period in history, but audiences came out to see it in huge numbers – it’s astonishing,” Cillian Murphy told the audience. press.
This result promises great success at the Oscars, where Oppenheimer is named 13 times.
Anatomy of a fallwhich has also been accumulating awards since its Palme d’Or in Cannes, was not as successful on Sunday: the feature film by Frenchwoman Justine Triet about a writer accused of having killed her husband started strong with the prize for best original screenplay, but did not receive any other statuettes.
This disturbing dive into a couple, nominated seven times for the BAFTAs, however remains in a good position for Los Angeles on March 10, where the film is in the running in five categories.
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The main other winners of the evening organized at the Royal Festival Hall in London, in the presence of many stars, are Poor creatures by Yorgos Lanthimos, who won five BAFTAs, and The area of interest by Jonathan Glazer (three).
Poor creatureskind of Frankenstein for women, allowed American star Emma Stone to be crowned best actress for her crazy interpretation of Bella Baxter, a young woman brought back to life by a scientist with the mind of a child.
The film was also rewarded in several technical categories such as special effects, costumes and makeup.
The area of interesta chilling film by British filmmaker Jonathan Glazer in German about the daily life of the family of the commander of the Nazi extermination camp at Auschwitz, winner of the Cannes Grand Prix, walked away with three prizes.
It thus achieved the feat of receiving both the BAFTA for best British film and that of best foreign language film.
Da’Vine Joy Randolph won best supporting actress for Winter Breaka touching Christmas tale in an American boarding school.
The prize for best documentary went to the powerful 20 days in Mariupol which relates the outbreak of war in a Ukrainian city, since devastated by one of the bloodiest battles of the Russian invasion.
“It’s a great honor […]but I keep thinking about what is happening in Ukraine right now,” Mstyslav Chernov, one of the last journalists present in the city that was besieged almost two years ago, told the press.
The Boy and the Heron by Hayao Miyazaki received the award for best animated film, a first for the director of Princess Mononoke Or Spirited away.
A regular at the event, Prince William, who has only spoken publicly once since the announcement of the cancer of his father, King Charles III, was present at the ceremony on Sunday. His wife, Kate, remains recovering after her operation.