Difficult to exist in the face of the Oppenheimer
steamroller
.
The favorite with 13 nominations, Christopher Nolan's biopic took up a good part of the Bafta, the British Caesars, on Sunday.
The portrait of the architect of the atomic bomb walked away with seven trophies: best film, director, editing, photography, music, actor and supporting role.
Christopher Nolan dedicated his statuette for best director “
to all the organizations and activists who fight against the proliferation of nuclear weapons
”.
“My film ends on a note of despair.
But with this trophy, I want to pay tribute to the efforts of these men and women who fight for peace and show how necessary it is
.”
More clarity ahead of the Oscars and acting awards
Sunday's ceremony provides a little more clarity on the road to the Oscars, which will take place on March 10.
Just under ten percent of the American Film Academy's voters come from the United Kingdom.
A Bafta victory gives the winners a head start for the future.
The list confirmed that the supporting roles categories have their ready-made champions by anointing the winners of the Golden Globes and Critics Choice Awards.
Robert Downey Jr ADRIAN DENNIS / AFP
A formidable bereaved cook in
Winter Break
, Da'Vine Joy Randolph wins among the actresses.
The bittersweet Christmas comedy, by Alexander Payne, was also distinguished for its cast.
Among the men, Robert Downey Jr, who plays the senator who is the enemy of the physicist, concocted a tasty acceptance speech by retracing his career in a few minutes.
“
When I was 15, I wanted to be Peter O’Toole.
When I was 25, I toured with Richard Attenbourgh and Anthony Hopkins.
When I was 35, I finally understood why Richard thought Tony would be a better role model for me than Peter," said Downey Jr. "At 42, I made two Sherlock Holmeses for Guy Ritchie: great ones. Hollywood films with a British civil touch.
I then played a guy named Tony in the MCU for about 12 years.
Recently this guy Christopher Nolan gave me one last chance to regain my credibility...”
.
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In the very tight categories of best actor and best actress, the Baftas gave the advantage to the interpreter of
Oppenheimer
, the Irishman Cillian Murphy.
That gives the Peaky Blinders
star
a little leg up on his most dangerous rival: Paul Giamatti, the grumpy professor from
Winter Break
.
Emma Stone ISABEL INFANTES / REUTERS
Sandra Hüller from
Anatomy of a Fall
was unable to create a surprise against the favorite Emma Stone, powerful in the skin of a woman discovering the world and desire in
Poor Creatures
.
A Bafta victory for Sandra Hüller would have hinted at the possibility of shaking up the duel between Emma Stone and Lily Gladstone from
Killers Of The Flower Moon
at the Oscars .
Surprisingly, the Native American actress was not in the running for the Baftas, which did not award anything to Martin Scorsese's great fresco.
Next stop in this pas de deux, the Actors Guild Awards next week.
Anatomy of a Fall
opened the victorious ball
Competing in seven categories, including best film, foreign film, actress and direction,
Anatomy of a Fall
by Justine Triet was unable to fight against the
Oppenheimer
wave .
The trial film opened the awards show by winning the Bafta for best original screenplay.
Justine Triet wanted to reassure voters:
“The last time I was in London, a spectator told me that she had called her ex to tell him to see my film to understand why she had left him.
But everything is fine with my companion and co-writer Arthur Harari.
The latter, facetiously, admitted to being a little worried.
Like the victim in
Anatomy of a Fall
, he renovates his attic.
“Task that pleases him, if I must indicate it for posterity in case something happens to me.”
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The rest of the evening was less sumptuous.
The Palme d'Or was snatched from the statuette for best foreign film by
The Zone of Interest
.
Jonathan Glazer's sound dive into the hell of Auschwitz also won the trophy for best British film (beating Saltburn and Without Knowing Us) and best sound.
A pop ceremony
Nominated eleven times,
Poor Creatures
, a satirical and feminine version of the Frankenstein myth, prospered in the technical categories, winning best sets, special effects and costumes.
Small surprise,
Oppenheimer
had to bow in the best adaptation category in favor of the satire
American Fiction
, about the underbelly of the publishing world.
In the sections reserved for British cinema, the graceful Mia McKenna-Bruce, a young girl losing her virginity to violence in
How To Have Sex,
managed to break through .
Hosted by one of the most popular performers in the legendary
Doctor Who series,
the vibrant David Tennant, the ceremony had a pop touch.
The actor appeared on stage with a dog in his arms and mobilized his accomplice Michael Sheen for this dog-sitting act.
Singer Sophie Ellis-Baxtor set the stage alight by covering her 2000s hit
Murder On The Dance Floor
, which the black comedy Saltburn put back at the top of the top 50.