After the golden lion in Venice, Audrey Diwan's
event
was crowned best film of the year by the 27th edition of the Lumières du Cinéma, during a ceremony which took place in the studio with a limited audience. , in the form of a program broadcast unencrypted and exclusively on Canal+ and MyCanal, Monday January 17 at 8 p.m.
The actress Anamaria Vartolomei who plays the title role received the award for best actress.
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The Event
: 20 years and great loneliness
Adapted from the novel by Annie Ernaux published in 2000 by Gallimard,
L'Event
is the autobiographical account of the novelist who suffered a clandestine abortion in the 1960s.
Best direction, best image and best music, the film
Annette
by Leos Carax on the disintegration of two cursed lovers, scored a hat-trick.
It features Henry (Adam Driver), a stand-up comedian, and Ann (Marion Cotillard), a soprano.
They are a famous and admired couple.
Their life changes when they have a strange baby with almost supernatural gifts.
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Annette
by Leos Carax: slice of emptiness
Lost Illusions
, the adaptation of Balzac's novel by Xavier Giannoli, in which Benjamin Voisin and Vincent Lacoste play the ambitious young journalists Lucien de Rubempré and Étienne Lousteau respectively, won the prize for best screenplay.
The directorial debut of Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh,
Gagarin
won the Lumière for best first film.
Dedicated to the working-class city of the same name, itself named in honor of Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in Ivry, the film, selected for Cannes in 2020, tells the fictional story of Yuri.
Sixteen years old and passionate about space, he will do everything to save his residence threatened with demolition, with the help of his friends.
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On the actor side, Benoît Magimel received the prize for best actor for
In his lifetime
by Emmanuelle Bercot and Agathe Rousselle was crowned best female revelation for her performance in
Titane
by Julia Ducournau, a feature film crowned with the Palme d'or, this year.
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: Titanium
by Julia Ducournau, sex, death and bodywork...
The rest of the list:
Best Documentary
:
The Snow Panther
, by Marie Amiguet and Vincent Munier
Best Animated Film
:
Summit of the Gods
by Patrick Imbert
Male revelation
: Thimotée Robart for
Les Magnétiques
Best international co
-production :
Julie (in 12 chapters)
by Joachim Trier
Best Image
: Caroline Champetier for
Annette
Best Music
: Ron Mael and Russell Mael / SPARKS for
Annette