The film, which received the directing prize at the Cannes Film Festival and will be released in theaters on November 8, was chosen in particular over the Palme d’Or, “Anatomy of a Fall”, directed by Justine Triet.
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France has its candidate for the Oscars. The passion of Dodin Bouffant by Tran Anh Hung, winner of the Best Director Award at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, has been chosen to represent France at the Oscars, the National Cinematography Center (CNC) announced in a press release on Thursday. The feature film, which will be released in theaters on November 8, was selected from a list of five films, including the last Palme d’Or at Cannes, Anatomy of a fall by Justine Triet, following a commission between producers, international sellers and the American distributors of each pre-selected film.
#Oscar2024 #LaPassiondeDodinBouffant of Tràn Anh Hùng will represent France at the #Oscars
The commission made up of professionals responsible for selecting the French film candidate for the 2024 Oscar for international feature film, met today at the CNC.https://t.co/Yt2hD3Tm1b pic.twitter.com/oIMXvXbuJU— The CNC (@LeCNC) September 21, 2023
The other three films in the running were: Drop gold by Clément Cogitore, The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley, On the paths black by Denis Imbert. “All the finalists attest to the vitality, diversity and creativity of French cinema”wrote the CNC in its press release. The Passion of Dodin Bouffant, adapted from a 1920 Swiss novel, follows the duo formed at the end of the 19th century by the gastronome Dodin (Benoît Magimel) and the cook Eugénie (Juliette Binoche), united by a personal and culinary complicity.
The next Oscars ceremony is scheduled to take place on March 10, 2024 in Los Angeles. Previously, a preselection of 15 international films will be revealed on December 21, 2023, before the five finalist films on January 23, 2024. Last year, the film Saint-Omer, by director Alice Diop, was chosen to represent France at the Oscars. France has not won the Oscar for best international film since Indochina by Régis Wargnier, in 1993.