The nominations continue to rain in for Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet. After the American Golden Globes this Monday, the Palme d’Or is in full swing at their French equivalents. This X-ray of a contemporary marriage at the end of its tether through the destiny of a successful novelist accused of having pushed her husband into the void, is in the running in six categories of the Lumières prizes, awarded on January 22 by journalists and international critics based in Paris.
With six nominations, Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet is ahead of the other trial film of 2023 The Goldman Trial by Cédric Kahn, in which Justine Triet’s co-writer and companion, Arthur Harari, plays, is in the running for the trophy revelation. Five nominations also reward The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley, the fantastic fable and winner of the Goncourt du cinéma, the Louis Delluc prize, another great critical and public success with more than a million cinema admissions. These three feature films, presented at Cannes, will be in the running for the Lumière for best film with Last Summer by Catherine Breillat (four nominations) and Goutte d’or by Clément Cogitore (three nominations). Four nominations also for Disco Boy by Giacomo Abbruzzese and three for Le Rapissement by Iris Kaltenbäck.
Anatomy of a Fall can win statuettes in the most coveted categories: film, direction, screenplay, actress (Sandra Hüller), male revelation for Milo Machado Graner and image. Sandra Hüller, who is the favorite, will face last year’s winner Virginie Efira (Nothing to Lose), Catherine Deneuve, French first lady in Bernadette, Lea Drucker (L’été été), Hafsia Herzi (Le Rapissement) .
This grand slam of nominations for Justine Triet and her collaborators sounds like a new snub for the CNC, which preferred to support the Oscar candidacy for best international film of The Passion of Dodin Bouffant. Tran Anh Hung’s culinary fable was not to the taste of the members of the Lumières, who only retained it in one fairly minor category: the prize for best image. Neither Benoît Magimel nor Juliette Binoche slip into the interpretation sections.
The story on the influence Love and the forests and the historical melodrama The time to love are also present at the margins. The popular blockbuster of the year D’Artagnan, the first part of The Three Musketeers by Martin Bourboulon, was completely snubbed.
The Lumières awards are one of the barometers of the French awards season and are a good indication of the films that will be acclaimed by the Césars, during their nominations in January. Without waiting, Anatomy of a Fall took a head start internationally, raiding the European Oscars of the European Film Awards. The Palme d’Or also collects trophies from American critical organizations. Which suggests the film has the potential to garner nominations in the general Oscar categories (actress, screenplay).
The nominations:
Best film:- Anatomy of a Fall by Justine Triet- Last Summer by Catherine Breillat- Drop of Gold by Clément Cogitore- The Goldman Trial by Cédric Kahn- The Animal Kingdom by Thomas Cailley
Best direction:- Catherine Breillat for Last Summer- Thomas Cailley for The Animal Kingdom- Clément Cogitore for Goutte d’or- Cédric Khan for The Goldman Trial- Justine Triet for Anatomy of a Fall
Best screenplay:- Thomas Cailley and Pauline Munier for The Animal Kingdom- Quentin Dupieux for Yannick- Cédric Khan and Nathalie Hertzberg for The Goldman Trial- Iris Kaltenbäck for The Rapture- Justine Triet and Arthur Harari for Anatomy of a Fall
Best Documentary:- Olfa’s Daughters by Kaouther Ben Hania- Little Girl Blue by Mona Achache- Our Body by Claire Simon- The River by Dominique Marchais- Sur l’Adamant by Nicolas Philibert
Best animated film:- Forbidden to Dogs and Italians by Alain Ughetto- Linda wants chicken! by Chiara Malta and Sébastien Laudenbach- Mars Express by Jérémie Périn- Blind Willows, Sleeping Woman by Pierre Földes- The Mermaid by Sepideh Farsi
Best actress:- Catherine Deneuve for Bernadette- Léa Drucker for Last Summer- Virginie Efira for Nothing to Lose- Hafsia Herzi for The Rapture- Sandra Hüller for Anatomy of a Fall
Best Actor:- Vincent Lacoste for The Time to Love- Karim Leklou for Vincent Must Die- Melvil Poupaud for Love and the Forests- Franz Rogowski for Disco Boy- Arieh Worthalter for The Goldman Trial
Female revelation:- Suzanne Jouannet for The Royal Way- Louise Mauroy-Panzani for àma gloria- Park Ji-Min for Return to Seoul- Claire Pommet for The Silver Venus- Ella Rumpf for Marguerite’s Theorem
Male revelation: – Arthur Harari for The Goldman Trial – Samuel Kircher for Last Summer – Milo Machado Graner for Anatomy of a Fall – Raphaël Quenard for Junkyard Dog – Abdulah Sissoko for The Young Imam
Best first film:- Bernadette by Léa Domenach- Junkyard Dog by Jean-Baptiste Durand- Disco Boy by Giacomo Abbruzzese- The Rapture by Iris Kaltenbäck- Vincent Must Die by Stéphan Castang
Best international co-production:- The blue of the caftan by Maryam Touzani- The dried herbs by Nuri Bilge Ceylan- Lost Country by Vladimir Perisic- The packs by Kamal Lazraq- The Old Oak, our pub by Ken Loach
Best image:- Simon Beaufils for Anatomy of a Fall- David Cailley for The Animal Kingdom- Hélène Louvart for Disco Boy- Jonathan Ricquebourg for The Passion of Dodin Bouffant- Sylvain Verdet for Goutte d’or
Best Music:- Amine Bouhafa for Les Filles d’Olfa- Clément Ducol for Linda Wants Chicken!- Andrea Laszlo de Simone for The Animal Kingdom- Chloé Thévenin for The Mountain- Vitalic for Disco Boy
