After causing a sensation in Cannes, Emilia Perez tests its ability to charm Hollywood: Jacques Audiard’s musical odyssey about the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker is the favorite of the Golden Globes on Sunday, with 10 nominations.
Best comedy, best director, best actress for Karla Sofía Gascón in the title role, best supporting actress for Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez, best screenplay… This French film broadcast and promoted by Netflix has real chances in all categories major.
It’s a real musical comedy, which appealed to people
greets Agence France-Presse Pete Hammond, from the specialized site Deadline.
Filmed mainly in Spanish, the feature film also competes in the categories of best international film, best soundtrack, and best song – two nominations. His harvest will indicate his potential for the Oscars in March.
According to Pete Hammond, his main competition for the best comedy prize remains the Cannes Palme d’Or Anorawhere Sean Baker chronicles the setbacks of a young prostitute from Brooklyn.
Holiday commercial cardboard, Wicked appears disadvantage
with only four nominations for this adaptation of a musical by Broadway.
But Pete Hammond believes that his star Cynthia Erivo, spectacular
as a witch Wizard of Oz
facing singer Ariana Grande, could steal the show from Karla Sofía Gascón.
The transgender actressEmilia Perez still a newcomer
for Hollywood, just like Mikey Madison, the interpreter ofAnorahe recalls.
The Substance could stand out
Another French film, The Substanceappears to be a neglected candidate, notes the columnist.
This horrific fable by Coralie Fargeat, where Demi Moore plays a former Hollywood glory addicted to a youth serum, has five nominations, notably in the categories of best comedy, best direction and best actress in a comedy.
Macabre tale of the dictates of eternal youth, the film will find an echo in Hollywood
Judge Pete Hammond.
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Demi Moore in a scene from the horror film “The Substance”, directed by Coralie Fargeat
Photo : Metropolitan Film & Video/Christine Tamalet
THE Golden Globes have reformed in recent years, after the vast scandal revealed in 2021 on the corruption and racism of their members. Their jury has notably become much larger and more diverse.
The ceremony is less predictable
et definitely more international
observe Pete Hammond.
They are more open to different genres of films.
The dramatic categories, traditionally separated from comedies by Golden Globesalso reflect this development.
Hot fight between The Brutalist et Conclave
The Canadian film The Brutalista portrait of a Holocaust survivor architect trying to rebuild his life in the United States, received seven nominations. It is aiming for the prize for best dramatic film, but will notably have to get rid of the papal thriller Conclavenominated in six categories.
The stars of the two films, Adrien Brody and Ralph Fiennes – brilliant as a cardinal embroiled in the Vatican’s shenanigans to elect a new pope – face off for the title of best actor in a dramatic film.
A race which also includes Timothée Chalamet, for his remarkable incarnation of Bob Dylan in A complete stranger.
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Timothée Chalamet plays singer and musician Bob Dylan in the film “A Perfect Stranger”, by James Mangold.
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But this year, it is for the actresses that the Golden Globes are most important, three days before voting for the Oscar nominations closes.
Already fierce on the comedy side, the competition is just as fierce on the drama side.
Angelina Jolie shines with her interpretation of singer Maria Callas in MariaNicole Kidman impresses as a powerful woman with troubled sexuality in Babygirl and Fernanda Torres moves as a widow devoted to her children under the Brazilian dictatorship of the 70s, in I’m still here.
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Angelina Jolie, during the red carpet for “Maria” during the 81st Venice International Film Festival, August 29, 2024
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Without forgetting Kate Winslet, who lends her features to the war photographer Lee Miller, or Pamela Anderson, surprising as a revue dancer caught up with age in The Last Showgirl.
The Oscars, which do not separate dramas from comedies, will only select five actresses.
The best actress category is so crowded that some people who surely would have won in another year won’t even be nominated
observe Pete Hammond. This is where the Golden Globes can really be useful.
The 82nd edition of Golden Globes begins at 8 p.m. Eastern Time at Beverly Hills. Comedian Nikki Glaser will be the first woman to present the ceremony solo.
