Rain of nominations for Baftas, the British Caesars, for “Anatomy of a Fall” and “Oppenheimer”

The French film “Anatomy of a Fall” garners seven Bafta nominations. The British film awards will be presented on February 18. Dominated, like the other major prizes, by Christopher Nolan’s biopic on the father of the atomic bomb, “Oppenheimer”.

After its success in France,“Anatomy of a fall” continues to shine abroad. He has just received seven Bafta nominations. The film, which traces the trial of a woman accused of having killed her husband, is in the running for best film, best foreign language film, best director for Justine Triet, best screenplay and even best actress for Sandra Hüller.

The winner of the Palme d’Or at Cannes thus confirms his international success after the Golden Globes, where he won two awards, and the Critics Choice Awards, with the hope of marking the Oscars in the spring as “The Artist” a decade ago.

The portrait of the father of the atomic bomb “Oppenheimer”which has already won numerous international awards, is in the lead with 13 nominations, including best film, best director for Christopher Nolan, and best actor for the Irishman Cillian Murphy.

Behind him, the black comedy “Poor creatures”by Yorgos Lanthimos and winner of the Golden Lion at the last Venice Film Festival, is nominated in 11 categories, including best actress for American star Emma Stone.

Martin Scorsese’s historical fresco “Killers of the Flower Moon” obtains nine nominations, as “The Zone of Interest”a chilling film about the daily life of the commander of the Nazi extermination camp of Auschwitz and winner of the Cannes Grand Prix.

As for British cinema, the disturbing “Saltburn” by director Emerald Fennell garners five nominations, including three for its actors Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi and Rosamund Pike.

The British revelation “How to have sex” by young director Molly Manning Walker, who questions the thrill of first encounters and the limits of consent, received three nominations, after winning the Un Certain Regard prize at Cannes.

The Bafta ceremony, like that of the Golden Globes, gives a foretaste of the Oscars. These will be awarded in March in Los Angeles.