What if, after Jean Dujardin, Pierre Niney won the 2025 Oscar for Best Actor? We’re not there yet, but the American distributor of the hit “The Count of Monte Cristo” has announced that it will campaign for the film with Pierre Niney to be a candidate in all Oscar categories, including “Best Picture”.
French cinema exports well
France is coming out in force for the next Oscars ceremony. We recently learned that the CNC had shortlisted four films for the 97th Oscars ceremony, which will be held on the night of March 2-3, 2025: Emilia Perez, The Count of Monte Cristo, HASll We Imagine as Light And Mercy. A prestigious contingent, since Emilia Perez And All We Imagine as Light are part of the Cannes 2024 prize list. With Jacques Audiard’s film the Jury Prize and the Best Actress Award and for that of Payal Kapadia the Grand Jury Prize.
As for the epic film by Alexandre de La Patellière and Matthieu Delaporte, starring Pierre Niney, it was a great critical success and a huge popular cardboard since to date he has conquered more than 8 million spectators. What if Mercy Although it appears more confidential, Alain Guiraudie’s new production has its place in this shortlist.
The Count of Monte Cristo candidate everywhere
While we wait to see which film will be chosen by the CNC selection committee to represent France in the race for the Oscar for Best Foreign Film, The Count of Monte Cristo has decided to take the lead. Indeed, as revealed exclusively by Variety, the American distributor of the film, Samuel Goldwyn Films, has decided to release it throughout North America and to campaign for the Oscars in all categories, including Best Film.
With its great critical success, his three hours of epic adventures and its charismatic hero, The Count of Monte Cristo can indeed claim to be distinguished in most of the skills that make a film. Sets, costumes, performances, photography, screenplay… It would indeed have been a shame to consider it only in its quality of “foreign film” for the next Oscar ceremony. And the bet is therefore made that it can compete successfully in the “general” categories.
Which may also be the case forEmilia Perez. In fact, distributed by Netflix in the United States, it will be available on the platform on November 13, 2024. But it will benefit from November 1st a limited release in North American theaters, in particular in order to be “qualified” for the next Oscars ceremony.
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