(ANSA) - ROME, FEBRUARY 08 - Jane Campion's western, IL POTEREDEL CANE (The Power oh the dog) with 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director, leads the 2022 Oscar nominations announced today.
This is followed by Denis Villeneuve's science fiction film DUNE with 10 nominations, Kenneth Branagh's Irish play BELFAST and Steven Spielberg's adaptation of WEST SIDE STORY with seven nominations each, and Reinaldo Marcus Green's sports biopic "King Richard" with six.
Now we will have to wait until Sunday 27 March for the Oscars ceremony.
Nominated among the actors: JAVIER BARDEM for Being theRicardos, BENEDICT CUMBERBATCH for The Power of the Dog, ANDREWGARFIELD for tick, tick ... BOOM !, WILL SMITH for King Richard and DENZEL WASHINGTON for The Tragedy of Macbeth.
Among the actresses: JESSICA CHASTAIN for Tammy Faye's Eyes, OLIVIA COLMAN for The Lost Daughter, PENÉLOPE CRUZ for Madres Paralelas, NICOLEKIDMAN for Being the Ricardos, KRISTEN STEWART for Spencer.
The 10 nominees for the best film are BELFAST, CODA, DON'TLOOK UP, DRIVE MY CAR, DUNE, KING RICHARD, LICORICE PIZZA, NIGHTMARE ALLEY, WEST SIDE STORY and precisely THE POWER OF THE DOG.
For best director JANE CAMPION (for the first time a director gets nominations for director and film), KENNETHBRANAGH for Belfast, STEVEN SPIELBERG for West Side Story, RYUSUKE HAMAGUCHI for Drive my car, PAUL THOMAS ANDERSON for Licorice Pizza.
Two prestigious nominations for Italy, besides Sorrentino: Enrico Casarosa for the animated film Luca and Massimo Cantini Parrini for the costumes of Cyrano.
The surprise is Ryusuke Hamaguchi's DRIVE MY CAR ,.
Two years after Bong Joon-ho's Parasite became the first non-English film to win best film, another foreign film entered the competition for best film: Drive my car which had three other nominations, best international film (incompetition with E ' STATA LA MANO DI DIO by Sorrentino), best direction and original screenplay.
Among the surprises: the exclusions of Lady Gaga for House of Gucci, Catriona Balfe co-star of Belfast, Leonardo DiCaprio for Don't look Up and Ruth Negga for Passing, as well as Sing 2 between animated films and Spider-Man.
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