Florian Zeller crowned for best adaptation (with Christopher Hampton), Nicolas Becker for sound or producer Alice Doyard for a documentary, the French distinguished themselves on Sunday at the 93rd Oscars ceremony in Los Angeles. The most prominent will obviously have been the author of the play The father, become The Father at the cinema, which won an Oscar in his first film, at age 41. At the very end of the evening, the British legend Anthony Hopkins, the father in his film, even completed the triumph of Florian Zeller by taking the statuette of the best actor, to everyone’s surprise.
Due to the pandemic, no release date has yet been announced in France for The Father, which has been in theaters since the end of February in the United States, where many cinemas have reopened in recent weeks. However, there is talk of a release in France in June, but nothing is less certain.
In the technical categories, the French Nicolas Becker was distinguished for his contribution to the film Sound of Metal by Darius Marder. An essential element of a film, sound has a particular importance in this feature film which evokes the story of a rock drummer who loses his hearing. Several members of the film crew admired Nicolas Becker as a sort of mad scientist, capable of engaging, before and during filming, in the most improbable experiments and soundings to achieve the desired result.
Finally, the French producer Alice Doyard was crowned Sunday in the documentary short-film category, format for Colette, a film directed by the American Anthony Giacchino about a former nonagenarian resistance fighter who goes, for the first time, to the site of the former concentration camp of Nordhausen, in Germany, to honor the memory of her brother, who died there -low. It is a trip of memory but also the birth of a relationship between Colette Marin-Catherine, overflowing with vitality at the age of 90, and a young history buff, Lucie Fouble, 17, who will accompany her on her journey. .
“This award and this film“, said Alice Doyard receiving her award,”are a tribute to women of all ages, everywhere, who join hands and fight for justice. Long live Colette and long live France!“
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