A Lumière for Audiard
Adding even more awards to its already long list of accolades (see news), on Tuesday The Beat My Heart Skipped [+see also:
trailer
film profile]
byJacques Audiard picked up the Lumière trophy from the Paris-based
foreign press for Best Film and Best Actor (Romain Duris).
Other winners included Philippe Garrel for Best Director, for Regular Lovers [+see also:
trailer
interview: Philippe Garrel
film profile] (Les amants
réguliers) (see review and interview with the director and producer Gilles Sandoz of Maïa Films), and Michael Haneke,
who won Best Screenplay for Hidden [+see also:
film review
trailer
interview: Margaret Menegoz
interview: Michael Haneke
film profile] (see Focus on film).
Isabelle Huppert walked away with Best Actress for her performance in
Patrice Chéreau's Gabrielle [+see also:
film review
trailer
film profile]
(see review from Venice 2005), while Best Female Newcomer and
Best Male Newcomer were bestowed upon, respectively, Shooting Star Fanny
Valette (see interview) for La petite Jérusalem (lit. "Little
Jerusalem") and Johan Libéreau for Douches Froides [+see also:
trailer
film profile] (lit. "Cold
Showers").
(Translated from French)
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