Jacques Audiard dedicated his Globe for best international film “to all those who feel worried today”. “This award is addressed to them, as an exhortation to keep their heads held high, to continue to fight and hope for better days,” insisted the French filmmaker.
The French singer Camille and her companion Clément Ducol were rewarded for their song for The Evilone of the titles of‘Emilia Perez. In Jacques Audiard’s film, this song performed by Zoe Saldaña is the highlight of her character, a lawyer disgusted by the corruption of Mexican society.
Three awards for “The Brutalist”
Jacques Audiard was beaten by Brady Corbet for the prize for best direction, for The Brutalista long portrait of a Holocaust survivor architect trying to rebuild his life in the United States.
The film also received a standing ovation at the American ceremony with the award for best dramatic film and best actor for Adrien Brody.
“I am honored to be in such good company with filmmakers whom I sincerely admire,” greeted American Brady Corbet, receiving his prize.
Demi Moore and Fernanda Torres’ performances rewarded
Demi Moore was rewarded for her very committed performance in another French film, The Substance. In this horrific fable by Coralie Fargeat, which does not skimp on the gore, the 62-year-old actress plays a former Hollywood glory addicted to a youth serum. A substance that generates a rejuvenated double of itself, with destructive impulses.
Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres won the Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Drama Film for her role in I’m still here. She plays Eunice Paiva, wife of a former left-wing deputy who disappeared during the military dictatorship of the 1970s, and her fight to know the truth about her fate. This role of determined widow notably allowed her to get ahead of Angelina Jolie (Maria) and Nicole Kidman (Babygirl).
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” and “certainly more international”, observes for AFP Pete Hammond, columnist at Deadline. “They are more open to different genres of films.” The drama categories, traditionally separated from comedies by the Golden Globes, also reflect this evolution.
The 2025 Golden Globes winners
Best Drama Film: The Brutalist
Best Comedy or Musical: Emilia Perez
Best dramatic actor: Adrien Brody, The Brutalist
Best Drama Actress: Fernanda Torres, I’m still here
Best actor in a comedy or musical: Sebastian Stan, A Different Man
Best actress in a comedy or musical: Demi Moore, The Substance
Best Supporting Actor: Kieran Culkin, A Real Pain
Best Supporting Actress: Zoe Saldaña, Emilia Perez
Best Director: Brady Corbet, The Brutalist
Best Foreign Language Film: Emilia Perez
Best box office performance: Wicked
Best Animated Film: Flow, the cat who was no longer afraid of water