Oscars: the Joker's smile, the tears of the best actor, Joaquin Phoenix

Could victory escape him this year? After three nominations, Joaquin Phoenix finally wins the Oscar for best actor for his phenomenal interpretation in Joker against Antonio Banderas, Leonardo DiCaprio, Adam Driver and Jonathan Pryce. Confirmation of his race in the lead since the start of the award season.

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Todd Philips takes full advantage of the wild beauty and magnetic power of Joaquin Phoenix under the makeup of the "Joker". Warner bros

A year after the coronation of Rami Malek ( Bohemian Rhapsody ), he came to recover his trophy crowning his metamorphosis in the feature film by Todd Phillips. “I am incredibly grateful. I don't feel better than my competitors. We all share the same love of cinema. What will I be without the seventh art? He allowed me to use my voice for those who don't have it, ”said the actor in a speech that was both militant and moving. A month ago, he had been censored a month earlier in his thanks to the Golden Globes.

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“ We are talking about rights for women, for indigenous peoples, for LGBT people, for animals. One species cannot dominate the others. We are increasingly disconnected from nature. We are afraid of change. We must use compassion to preside over all our decisions to be generous to our planet. I have been a scoundrel all my life, I have been selfish. I have sometimes been cruel, difficult to work with, and I am grateful to so many of you in this room for giving me a second chance. This is when we are at our best - when we support each other. Not when we penalize each other for past mistakes, but when we help each other grow, when we educate each other, when we guide each other toward redemption, " said the actor. years. Before paying tribute to his older brother River Phoenix, who died of an overdose at 23 years old. "When he was seventeen, my brother wrote these song lyrics: '' Run to the rescue with love and peace will follow '' , he recalls, on the verge of tears.

In "Joker", Joaquin Phoenix plays Arthur Fleck, the great villain of Batman. Niko Tavernise - Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.

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Joaquin Phoenix was one of the big favorites of this 92nd ceremony, after his nomination as best actor for a supporting role in Gladiator (2001) and those of best actor in Walk the Line (2006) and The Master (2013). Critically acclaimed, Joker focuses on the iconic figure of Batman's sworn enemy. Todd Phillips, director of Very Bad Trip and War Dogs , tells the story of this famous comic book character, situating him in Gotham in the early 80s. The urban aesthetic of the film, in a chromatism that is both warm and dark, is very successful, and we travel with Arthur Fleck, marginal lonely who lives with his mother, a real descent into hell.

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This role of an uncompromising man despised by society had already allowed Joaquin Phoenix to win a Golden Globe and a BAFTA. " Shaken by the power of play and evocation of Joaquin Phoenix" , our colleague from Figaro, Olivier Delcroix is ​​full of praise for the actor who bursts the screen in this film " powerful, violent, visceral, a great psychological depth ”.

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