Many statuettes were distributed on March 27, 2022, the evening of the 94th Academy Awards in Los Angeles. The most awarded film of this edition is Dunes of Denis Villeneuve, who won six times. But the feature film that made the French people proud, from the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, is CODAthe American adaptation of The Aries Family.
Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Troy Kotsur and Best Adapted Screenplay… CODA seduced the critics and saved the tricolor honor. After having met with great success with The Aries FamilyPhilippe Rousselet, the producer of Eric Lartigau’s film, wanted to take care of this adaptation himself in English – and with really deaf actors – “so as not to spoil this lovely story”. At 53, after growing up in Neuilly-sur-Seine, the filmmaker would have loved to dedicate these three Oscars to his missing father.
I come from very, very far
Philippe Rousselet is indeed the son of André Rousselet, founder of Canal+, who died in 2016.If he had been there, he would have been happy and relieved for his son.explains the producer in the columns of the magazine Paris Match. Because I come from very, very far away… I did all the stupid things imaginable, at the beginning of my career, as much for lack of experience as for enthusiasm.“No doubt he was watching the ceremony from up there.
Of course, what the world will remember from this 94th Academy Awards is not the triumph, nor Dunesnor of CODA. Rather, it’s the brutal mandal Will Smith put to comedian Chris Rock after he heard a tasteless joke about his wife, Jada Pinkett Smith’s, alopecia. “At the time, I didn’t quite understand what had happened.remembers Philippe Rousselet. At first, we all thought it was a set-up, then we understood. It threw a chill. It’s a shame because it was a very nice evening, very joyful. But the show quickly took over. When I got on stage, it was magical…“
Find the full interview of Philippe Rousselet in the magazine Paris Match n°3804