Halfway through the ceremony, the French filmmaker’s musical odyssey about the gender transition of a Mexican drug trafficker had three statuettes. Zoe Saldaña, brilliant as a lawyer kidnapped by the heroine of the film, received the Golden Globe for best supporting actress, and the soundtrack by French artists Camille and Clément Ducol was awarded the prize for best song.
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.
With 10 nominations, his film, awarded at Cannes and promoted by Netflix, however, did not succeed in being a hit, two months before the Oscars. The French director was beaten by Brady Corbet for the award for best director, for “The Brutalist”, a long portrait of an architect who survived the Holocaust trying to start a new life in the United States.
The Demi Moore sensation
Awarded and very noticed at Cannes, the star of “Emilia Perez” Karla Sofía Gascón has not had the same success with Hollywood. The transgender actress was beaten by the American Demi Moore, 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.
Demi Moore thanked the Frenchwoman for “this magical, daring, courageous, off the beaten track, completely crazy script”, which allowed her to finally be recognized during a major ceremony.
There are still prizes to be distributed, notably that of best dramatic film and those of best actor and best actress in this same category.
