Special correspondent in Dublin
What do Oppenheimer
and
Poor Creatures
have in common
?
These two films triumphed on Sunday at the 96th Oscars, winning seven and four statuettes.
This harvest is the pride of the Irish.
The interpreter of the father of the atomic bomb and frequent collaborator of Christopher Nolan Cillian Murphy, native of Cork, was crowned best actor.
Yorgos Lanthimos' female variation on Frankenstein's creature was produced by the Emerald Isle's flagship production company Element Picture.
Enough to do even better than the 2023 Oscars, where Ireland had already shone with a shower of nominations for
The Banshees of Inisherin
and the Gaelic drama
The Quiet Girl
, in the running in the best international film section.
“
My friends working in the international festival circuit cannot believe that the Irish consider that this level of recognition is due to them every year in Hollywood
,” laughs Grainne Humphreys, director of Dublin…
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