Will the French film Dodin Bouffant’s Passion compete for the Oscar for Best International Film? The answer is yes!
A month before the nominations begin, the Oscar Academy has just revealed the shortlist of 15 candidates for the Best International Picture Oscar. And the good news is, France is one of the 15 selected countries. In total, films from 92 countries participated in this category this year.
Accordingly, these films will go through the round after voting. Among the 15 feature films below, only 5 will be selected in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Nominations for the 96th Academy Awards will be announced on Tuesday, January 23, 2024, and the ceremony will take place on Sunday, March 10, 2024.
The films are still competing for the Oscar for Best International Film (listed alphabetically by country).
– America – Armenia
– Monk with a gun – Bhutan
– King’s land – Denmark
– Dead leaves – Finland
– The Passion of Dodin Buffan – France
– Teachers’ room – Germany
– Godland – Iceland
– I, Captain – Italy
– Perfect days – Japan
– Totem – Mexico
– Mother of all lies – Morocco
– Snow circle – Spain
– Daughters of Olfa – Tunisia
– 20 days in Mariupol – Ukraine
– Area of interest – United Kingdom
We remind you that Dodin Buffan’s choice of La Passion to represent France caused a wide response. “This is a decision of 5 people in the office“The Anatomy team recently responded when asked about this at the European Film Awards, where Justin Triet’s film won.
Anatomy of the Fall has long been seen as the heavy favorite to pick up the French Oscar contender with its Palme d’Or. The selection of another award-winning film in Cannes, The Passion of Dodin Bouffant (2023 Cannes Film Festival Directing Prize), therefore caused a lot of reactions, surprises, even harsh criticism.
The director of Do Din Buphan’s Passion, Tran Anh Hung, spoke about the topic of the Oscars in the columns. Პirveli.
“No one came up with the decision of the Cannes Festival jury to award the Palme d’Or to Justin Triet’s film, and that’s completely normal. Why should we now question the committee that appoints the French representative for the Oscars? I did not understand this violence“, he emphasizes.
Dodin Bouffant’s passionate, gourmand film, starring internationally renowned actors such as Juliette Binoche or Benoit Magimel, tells the story of the passion of love and taste…
The story of Evgeny, an outstanding chef who has been working with the famous gastronome Dodin for 20 years. Over time, a romantic relationship was born from the practice of gastronomy and mutual admiration.
From this union, dishes are born, each one more delicious and delicate than the other, which goes so far as to amaze the greatest people in the world. However, freedom-loving Eugene never wanted to marry Dodin. Then the latter decides to do something she has never done before: cook for him.
Shortly after this article was published, producer Said Ben Said, known for producing Paul Verhoeven’s Benedetta, or more recently Catherine Breilla last summer, took to Twitter to express his general opinion on the French film selection process. at the Oscars.
We reproduce its text below:
“Many of us reacted with unbelievable outrage to the choice of Dodin Bouffant’s The Kidnapping to represent France in the race for Best Foreign Language Film at the Oscars.”
We were told that this film, even if it was not the best candidate, was chosen by a committee of seven people who voted mostly for it with complete independence and integrity, and that this choice should be honored.
But the question we asked was not. No one doubted the good faith of the elected people. It was a question knowing that some of them had not decided whether or not they deliberately threw their vote in favor of Tran Anh Hung’s film to punish Justin Triet for his Cannes performance.
Shouldn’t the French members of the Oscar Academy choose the film representing France to avoid possible (low) political maneuvers?
Therefore, the question asked today is primarily about the voting method. Shouldn’t the French members of the Oscar Academy choose the film representing France to avoid possible (low) political maneuvers?
This method of voting, which is difficult to imagine in some countries where very few citizens are members of the Academy, is quite possible in France. Its implementation is relatively simple.
In 2016, Kleber Mendonca Filo’s Aquarius, which I co-produced and distributed, was supposed to represent Brazil in the race for the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar, but the Brazilian Ministry of Culture refused because of the filmmaker’s support. Dilma Rousseff (coup victim) before the screening of her film in Cannes.
Nobody remembers the title of the chosen Brazilian film, but I remember the hell that Kleber and Emilie Lesclos, his producer, went through: defamation, punitive audit of his company, cancellation of subsidies, etc.
Of course, France is not Brazil, and Dodin Bouffant would have real legitimacy to fight for an Oscar, in the absence of Justin Triet’s film. So don’t be paranoid. But one of the pitfalls of life is that the paranoid eventually turns out to be right.”
The Passion of Dodin Bouffant was released on November 8, 2023. Anatomy of a Fall was released on August 24, 2023 in France and has now surpassed 1.3 million in our regions. It’s out on DVD / Blu-ray this Thursday, December 21, 2023.
Source: Allocine
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