The shadow of
Citizen Kane
will have brought him luck.
Mank
, David Fincher's film for Netflix, about the genesis of Orson Welles' classic, came out on top of the Oscar nominations on Monday and won ten citations including very prestigious: best film, best director, best actor.
On the other hand, and this is a small snub, Mank is absent from the best screenplay and best editing category.
Which can bode well for disappointments.
Arriving at the top of the nominations is no guarantee of coming back with full hands.
Leader of the Golden Globe nominations,
Mank
left empty-handed, doubled by
The Chicago Seven, who
left with the trophy for best drama.
To delight the Oscar-king for best film, awarded after a complex preferential vote where it is not enough to come first,
Mank
will have to beat the pawn in
Minari, Le Père, Promising Young Woman, Nomadland, Judah And The Black Messiah, Sound of Metal
and
The Chicago Seven
by Aaron Sorkin.
Despite a year of pandemic and closing of theaters, Netflix contrary to what some announced only gets two films in the running.
Traditional studios remain dominant.
The
Drunk
surprise
and the
Minari plebiscite
A decade after
The Social Network which
he had directed for one and written for the other, Fincher and Sorkin are in direct competition for the title of best film, but no director where only Fincher accesses.
For a long time a "boy club", this category welcomes, unprecedented and hoped-for, two women: Chloe Zhao for the wandering story
Nomadland
(who is a favorite after her victory at the Golden Globes) and the young Emerald Fennell for her corrosive tale. avenging feminist
Promising Young Woman
which is her first film.
They are joined by two outsiders: the Dane Thomas Vinterberg who creates the surprise with
Drunk
and Lee Isaac Chung who with the semi-biographical
Minari
retraces his childhood in the middle of South Korean parents trying to integrate in Arkansas.
More than half of the contenders for the statuette of the best film also collect six nominations:
The Seven of Chicago, Minari, Nomadland, Judas and the Black Messiah, Sound Of Metal
and
The Father
.
Which is very good news for its director and screenwriter, the French playwright Florian Zeller.
The adaptation of his play on an old man losing his mind to whose bedside his daughter goes slips into the sections best adaptation, best actor for Anthony Hopkins, best supporting role for Olivia Colman, best sets and best adaptation.
No French film in the running for the Oscar for best international film
On the other hand, it is the cold shower for the other French contenders.
Selected by the CNC and winner of the César for best first film, the gay idyll
Deux
by Filippo Meneghetti fails to slip into the best foreign film section, overwhelmed by the praise of drunkenness
Drunk
(Denmark),
Collective
(Romania) ,
The Man Who Sold His Skin
(Tunisia),
Quo Vadis Aida
(Bosnia), and
Better Days
(HonkKong).
Nominated in the best actor category for his performance in Designated Couplable where he plays a Mauritanian prisoner of Guantánamo, Tahar Rahim remains on the floor.
Voters preferred Anthony Hopkins (
The Father
), the late Chadwick Boseman (
The Blues of Ma Mainey
), Gary Oldman (
Mank
), Riz Ahmed, deaf musician in
Sound Of Metal
and Steven Yeun, courage father in
Minari.
The lesson of OscarssoWhite digested
The actor categories make an unprecedented place for diversity, in particular thanks to the plebiscite brought to
Minari
which propels actors of Asian origin to the fore, such as the appointment of Riz Ahmed, British actor of Pakistani origin.
Sacred to everyone's surprise best actress at the Golden Globes for the biopic on singer Billie Holiday, Andra Day will have to repeat her feat to beat Viola Davis (
The Blues of Ma Rainey
), Frances McDormand (
Nomadland
), Carey Mulligan (
Promising Young Woman
) and Vanessa Kirby (
Pieces Of A Woman
)
In the supporting roles will compete against Maria Bakalova (
Borat
),
Glenn Close (
An American ode)
, Olivia Colman (
The Father
)
Amanda Seyfried (
Mank
) and the tough grandmother of
Minari
Yuh-Jung Youn.
And among men Sacha Baron Cohen (
The Chicago Seven
), Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield, his partner from Judas and the Black Messiah on the infiltration of the Black Panther who risk dividing the votes, Leslie Odom, Jr.,
One Night in Miami
and Paul Raci,
Sound of Metal.
Unlike the Golden Globes and the calamitous Emmy awards, the Oscars, like the Grammys, choose a physical ceremony on April 25 which will take place in various locations in Los Angeles.
List of main nominations:
Best film :
TheFather
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
Les Sept de Chicago
Mank
Best director
Chloé Zhao,
Nomadland
David Fincher,
Mank
Lee Isaac Chung,
Minari
Emerald Fennell
, Promising Youg Woman
Thomas Vinterberg,
Drunk
Best actress
Viola Davis,
Le Blues de Ma Rainey
Andra Day,
Billie Holiday, A State Affair
Vanessa Kirby,
Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand,
Nomadland
Carey Mulligan,
Promising Young Woman
Best actor
Riz Ahmed
, Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman,
Le Blues de Ma Rainey
Anthony Hopkins,
The Father
Gary Oldman,
Mank
Steven Yeun,
Minari
Best Supporting Actress
Maria Bakalova,
Borat 2
Glenn Close,
An American ode
Olivia Colman,
The Father
Amanda Seyfried,
Mank
Yuh-Jung Youn,
Minari
Best Supporting Actor
Sacha Baron Cohen,
The Chicago Seven
Daniel Kaluuya,
Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom, Jr.,
One Night in Miami
Paul Raci,
Sound of Metal
LaKeith Stanfield,
Judas and the Black Messiah
Best foreign film
Drunk
(Denmark, Netherlands, Sweden)
Shao Nian De Ni
(Hong Kong)
Collective Affair
(Romania)
The Man Who Sold His Skin
(Tunisia)
Aida's Voice
(Bosnia)
Best animated film
Onward
Journey to the Moon
Shaun the Sheep Movie: The Farm Strikes
Back Soul
The Wolf People
Best Documentary
The
Crip Camp
Collective Affair : The Revolution of the Crippled
The Mole Agent
The Wisdom of the Octopus
Time
Best Original Screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
- Will Berson and Shaka King
Minari
- Lee Isaac Chung
Promising Young Woman
- Emerald Fennell
Sound of Metal
- Darius Marder and Abraham Marder
The Chicago Seven
- Aaron Sorkin
Best Adapted Scenario
Borat 2
- Sacha Baron Cohen, Anthony Hines, Dan Swimer, Peter Baynham, Erica Rivinoja, Dan Mazer, Jena Friedman, Lee Kern
The Father
- Christopher Hampton and Florian Zeller
Nomadland
- Chloé Zhao
One Night in Miami
- Kemp Powers
The White Tiger
- Ramin bahrani