The absurd sci-fi comedy
Everything Everywhere All At Once
won every category for which it was nominated at the Independent Film Spirit Awards.
The event held on the beach in Santa Monica, Los Angeles honors low and mid-budget films.
“
It's too much.
We are so lucky!
“, declared one of the two realizers, Daniel Scheinert, while receiving the last price of the evening.
Actresses Michelle Yeoh and Stephanie Hsu as well as comedian Ke Huy Quan were also rewarded in categories where artists competed without distinction of gender, a first in the history of the ceremony.
“
Michelle, you beat a bunch of men!
“, exclaimed the actress Jamie Lee Curtis, who gives him the reply in the feature film, at the end of the ceremony.
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American directors Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan also won Best Direction and Best Screenplay, and the film received Best Editing.
This independent film, produced with a budget of 25 million dollars, tells the story of a laundry owner, played by Malaysian actress Michelle Yeoh, exhausted by her administrative hassles with the tax authorities, suddenly immersed in parallel universes.
The film met with great success last year, raking in some $100 million worldwide and being nominated 11 times for the Oscars, the ceremony of which takes place on March 12, and for which Everything Everywhere is a
favorite
.
Other films could benefit from a boost for the Oscars thanks to their awards received during the Spirit Awards:
All the beauty and the bloodshed
(best documentary),
Aftersun
(best first film) or
Tar
(best cinematography) .