It will be on the 49th. edition of the awards presented by the French Film Academy, which will take place on February 23 at the famous Olympia theater in Paris.
The English filmmaker Christopher Nolanwhich is enjoying a good awards season with “Oppenheimer”, will receive the Honorary Caesar in the 49th. edition of the awards given by the French Film Academywhich will take place on February 23 at the famous Olympia theater in Paris.
“Nolan is a master director, capable of redefining the limits of cinematic excellence and transporting us beyond the borders of space and time. He transcends cinema to make it an unforgettable experience,” the organizers of the awards said to through a statement reproduced by the specialized site The Hollywood Reporter.
The Oppenheimer phenomenon
With “Oppenheimer”, the biopic about “the father of the atomic bomb”, it was one of the tanks of 2023 that, along with the also highly anticipated “Barbie” (of Greta Gerwig), brought the public back to the theaters en masse after the difficult period they went through as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
In that sense, the film earned $952 million at the box office, a figure that fueled the restructuring of the Hollywood film industry even when the extensive strike of the Screen Actors Guild began on the same day as its premiere in London. USA.
“Oppenheimer”, starring Cillian Murphy -in what marked his sixth collaboration with Nolan- along with Emily Blunt, Robert Downey Jr., Florence Pugh, Matt Damon and other figures, received eight nominations at the last Golden Globes, where it won the awards for Best Drama Film, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor and Best Soundtrack.
In addition, it received eight awards at the Critics’ Choice Awards on January 14, where it won the statuette for Best Picture and where both Nolan, Murphy, Downey Jr. and the composer Ludwig Göransson were recognized -once again- in their respective categories.
Meanwhile, Nolan’s film – which has other acclaimed titles such as “Memento” (2000), the trilogy of “Batman”, “The origin” (2010), “Interstellar” (2014) and “Dunkirk” (2017) – garnered 13 nominations at the next British Bafta ceremony, becoming the film by the director who received the most nominations at these awards.
Source: Ambito
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