Oscar 2019: Honorary distinction for the film of George Lanthimos

The movie "The Green Paper" of Peter Farrell finally proved to be the winner of the 91st Academy Awards, after winning the Oscar for Best Picture. In his thank you speech, Peter Farrell spoke about the meaning of love, while making special mention of the film's protagonist Viggo Mortensen and thanking Steven Spielberg, Octavia Spencer, and those involved in the film. The award was presented to Farrell by Julia Roberts.

The "Green Paper" is based on a true story and has won, among other things, the American Producers Guild Award. In the film, Mahersala Ali (Oscar II for Best Actor) plays the virtuoso Don Sherley, an African-American jazz pianist who, in defiance of the racial discrimination of the 60s, decides to embark on a risky musical tour of some of the most iconic cities. of the American South where racism is more prevalent.

To complete the very difficult journey, Shirley hired as his driver and protector an Italian-American bravo from the Bronx, Tony Valelonga, played by Viggo Mortensen.

The "transformation" of Rami Malek into the legendary frontman of the Queen, Freddie Mercury, in the film "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Brian Singer, won the American actor the Oscar for Best Actor.

His award makes 38-year-old Malek one of the youngest winners in this category. "Thank you very much for bringing me here, all those who helped me, bet on me, even if I was not the most obvious choice. I am the son of an immigrant from Egypt, a first generation American and my story is being written now (…). "I'm grateful to anyone who believed in me, I will keep this as a treasure," said Malek, who thanked the Queen and the film's cast - except for its director, Brian Signer, who was fired after sexually harassing scandals. came to light.

"Bohemian Rhapsody", the title of which refers to the Queen song of the same name, tells the story of the band from the beginning, from 1970 in London and the inclusion of Freddie Mercury, as their emblematic participation in his "Live Aid" 1985. Rami Malek's co-nominees were Christian Bale ("Vice: Second in the Hierarchy"), Bradley Cooper ("A Star Is Born"), Willem Dafoe ("At the Gate of Eternity") and Viggo Mortensen (Viggo Mortensen) .

Olivia Coleman prevailed over Glenn Close, winning the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in "Favorite" by George Lanthimos, where she plays Queen Anna.

Following the announcement of the Olivia Coleman Award, director George Lanthimos rose from his seat and kissed the British actress. "It's hilarious! If I forget any, I will give you a kiss later. George, you are the best director with the best film. Emma (Stone) and Rachel (Weiss), you made me happy every day. Glenn Close, you are my idol, I did not want things to go that way, "said Olivia Coleman, who was obviously excited and thanked her agenda, her family, her children watching the ceremony from home, and her husband. her, her best friend for 20 years as she said.

Prior to today's ceremony, the British actress had also won the Venice Award for Best Actress, the Golden Globe for Best Actress (in the Comedy or Musical category), the BAFTA Award and more than 30 other American Critics' Awards.

Her fellow nominees in this category were Glenn Close for "The Wife", Melissa McCarthy for "Could You Ever Forgive Me?", Galicia Aparithio for "Roma" and Lady Gaga for "A Star Is Born" .

Alfonso Cuarρόνn won the Oscar for Best Director for "Roma", the director's black-and-white, personal journey of memories from Mexico. He is the first creator to win this award with a black and white, foreign language, Spanish-language film. The Mexican director has already won an Oscar for Directing, for "Gravity", in 2014.

"I will never get bored of being here!" said Alfonso Cuarρόνn, thanking his two protagonists, his associates, the Academy, Mexico and his family. Last year's Oscar-winning director, Guillermo Del Toro, was the one to present the award to Cuarρόνn.

Based on his childhood experiences in Mexico City, Cuarρόνn in "Roma" focuses on our daily routine of a middle-class family and their domestic helper during a year that will dramatically change their lives.

His co-nominees for the award were George Lanthimos ("Favored"), Spike Lee ("BlacKkKlansman: The Intrusion"), Pavel Pavlikowski ("Cold War"), and Adam McKay ("Vice: The Second"). ).

"Roma" also won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film and the Oscar for Best Cinematography.

Just two years after winning the Academy Award for "Moonlight" and having already excelled in the Golden Globes, the SAG, the BAFTAs and the awards of several critical associations, Machersala Ali won the Oscar for Best Actor for his role in "Green Book ”by Peter Farrell.

Regina King prevailed in perhaps the most unpredictable category of the Oscar night, winning the Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role for Barry Jenkins' "If Bill Street Could Speak."

After their Golden Globe Awards, Nick Vallelonga, Brian Curry and Peter Farrell won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for "The Green Book". Charlie Vachtel, David Rabinovitz, Kevin Wilmot and Spike Lee won the Oscar-winning Screenplay Oscar for "BlacKkKlansman: The Invasion," which tells the true story of the 70-year-old African-American police officer who tells .

Source: KYPE

Tags: Cinema

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