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Lumières Cinema Award: The event crowned best film of the year

2022-01-18T12:00:39.509Z


The 27th edition of the prizes distributed by the correspondents of the foreign press in France rewards the film by Audrey Diwan, already crowned at the Venice Film Festival. Annette de Leos Carax won three trophies.


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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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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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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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

Source: lefigaro

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