THERE WILL BE ONLY ONE LEFT – In 2024, France drew a blank in the category of “best foreign film”
This time, the “competition” is really launched: The Count of Monte Cristo, Emilia Perez, All we imagine as light et Mercy are the four films pre-selected to represent France at the Oscars ceremony which will take place in March 2025, the National Center for Cinema (CNC) announced on Wednesday, September 11, 2024.
The committee responsible for this selection is due to meet again on 18 September to conduct auditions at the end of which it will designate “the film which will represent France in the race for the Oscar for best international film 2025”, the CNC indicated in a press release.
A “big machine”…
This preselection therefore includes one of the biggest successes of the year in France, The Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte, still in theaters after eleven weeks of operation. This adaptation of the novel by Alexandre Dumas with Pierre Niney in the role of Edmond Dantès has exceeded 8 million admissions, according to CBO Box-Office data published Wednesday.
…and “outsiders”
The list also includes Jacques Audiard’s musical Emilia PerezJury Prize at the last Cannes Film Festival and collective interpretation prize for Zoe Saldaña, Selena Gomez as well as for the main transgender actress Karla Sofía Gascón(…) - 20minutes
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