The predictable triumph of Christopher Nolan's blockbuster fulfills the script of a boring gala. Emma Stone took away from Lily Gladstone the award that would have compensated for the unjustifiable gap towards Martin Scorsese's film Killers on the Moon.

The only Oscar that caused astonishment was the most contested one according to the polls, that of best actress. The great protagonist of the night was Christopher Nolan and the triumph of his intense and grandiose conception of cinema in a time of enormous uncertainties.