Anatomy of a Fall: ‘It’s the Decision of 5 People in the Office’… Chorus Responds to Oscar Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film

Winning the Palme d’Or at the recent Cannes Film Festival and a huge success in French cinemas with 1.3 million attendees, Justine Triet’s Anatomie d’une Chute was widely acclaimed at the 36th European Film Awards, the equivalent of the Oscars for European productions. , which was held this Saturday, December 9.

The French film won 5 major awards: Best European Film of the Year, Best Director, Best Actress (Sandra Huler), Best Screenplay and Best Editing.

The feature film – which to date has over a million international admissions – therefore continues to shine a light on French cinema around the world.

However, last September, and while all predictions were in favor of Anatomy of the Fall, CNC announced that it was Tran An Hung’s feature film with Juliette Binoche and Benoit Magimel, Dodin Bouffant’s Passion (Best Director Award 2023. Cannes Film Festival), which will represent France at the Oscars for Best Foreign Language Film.

at the European Film Awards press conference, Justin Triet A journalist asked him why his film was not selected as the best international feature film in France.

The clearly embarrassed filmmaker begins to explain “We talked a lot about it, it’s France’s decisionUntil he was interrupted by actress Sandra Huler.

This is a decision of 5 people in the office.

Then the latter declares:It’s not a French decision, it’s a decision of 5 people in the office. These are just a few people I respect, but I think they are not representative of the number of people who saw the film in France.“

Then the director continues:We are very happy that the film was able to attract the audience. We’ll get through it. We did not make this film for awards. It is something that is beyond us and it no longer belongs to us.”

Nothing says that Justin Triet’s feature film won’t appear at the Oscars, because after its success in American cinemas, Anatomy of the Fall could be nominated for an Oscar for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay or even Best Actress.