On the Hollywood and Parisian red carpets, books will be in the spotlight this year.
The large space given to novels brought to the screen is reflected in the selection of feature films nominated for the Oscars and Césars.
In the United States, no less than eight literary adaptations will compete during the 96th ceremony on March 10, including five in competition for the Oscar for best film.
To design
Oppenheimer
, Christopher Nolan was largely inspired by the biography and Pulitzer Prize winner
American Prometheus (Robert Oppenheimer. Triumph and tragedy of a genius)
by Kaï Bird and Martin J. Sherwin (Alfred A. Knopf, 2005), which explores the life of the father of the atomic bomb.
Carried by Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro, the western
Killers of the Flower Moon
by Martin Scorsese was informed by the investigation of journalist David Grann's
La Note Americaine
(Globe, 2018), around the mysterious murders perpetrated on the Native Americans of the Osage tribe in the 1920s.
1 in 5 cinematographic works in France adapted from a literary work
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