I critici francesi consacrano 120 battiti al minuto
- In inglese: L'opera di Robin Campillo si aggiudica il titolo di miglior film francese dell'anno. Grave è proclamato miglior opera prima
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Last night, the French Union of Critics handed out its awards for 2017. At the ceremony, Best French Film of the Year went to BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud Valois
intervista: Robin Campillo
scheda film] by Robin Campillo, the winner of the Grand Prix at last year’s Cannes Film Festival. Produced by Hugues Charbonneau and Marie-Ange Luciani for Les Films de Pierre, the feature was co-produced by Page 114, France 3 Cinéma, Memento Films Production and FD Productions. As well as being pre-purchased by Canal+ and Ciné+, it was backed by the CNC’s advance on receipts and the Centre region. Sold by Playtime, the film, which looks to be the favourite for the upcoming César Awards (the nominations for which will be made public on Wednesday 31 January), has racked up 813,000 admissions in French cinemas (courtesy of Memento Films Distribution).
In the Best Foreign Film category, the critics singled out another Cannes award winner: Loveless [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Andrey Zvyagintsev
scheda film] by Russia’s Andrey Zvyagintsev (sold by Wild Bunch, 212,000 admissions in France, via Pyramide).
The Best French Debut Feature Award was taken home by another film that was revealed on the Croisette: Raw [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Julia Ducournau
scheda film] by Julia Ducournau (unveiled in the 2016 Critics’ Week, sold by Wild Bunch, which also distributed it in France, where it racked up almost 150,000 admissions). As for Best Foreign Debut Feature, this was bestowed upon I Am Not a Witch [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rungano Nyoni
scheda film] by Zambia’s Rungano Nyoni (which was premiered last May in the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight; sold by Kinology and distributed in France by Pyramide, taking a total of 33,000 admissions).
The list of the recipients of the awards handed out by the French Union of Critics (in the film category) is rounded off by the Best Unusual French-language Film Award, which went to Va, Toto! [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] by Pierre Creton (produced by Andolfi), and the Best Short Film Award, which was pocketed by Des hommes à la mer by Lorris Coulon (produced by Offshore).
Here is the complete list of winners:
Film awards
Best French Film
BPM (Beats Per Minute) [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Arnaud Valois
intervista: Robin Campillo
scheda film] - Robin Campillo
Best Foreign Film
Loveless [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Andrey Zvyagintsev
scheda film] - Andrei Zvyagintsev (Russia/France/Belgium/Germany)
Best French Debut Film
Raw [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Julia Ducournau
scheda film] - Julia Ducournau (France/Belgium)
Best Foreign Debut Film
I Am Not a Witch [+leggi anche:
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intervista: Rungano Nyoni
scheda film] - Rungano Nyoni (UK/France/Germany)
Best Unusual French-language Film
Va, Toto! [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] - Pierre Creton
Best French Short Film
Des hommes à la mer - Lorris Coulon
Television awards
Best French Fiction
A Bright Blue Sky - Nicolas Boukhrief
Best French Documentary
Un Français nommé Gabin – Yves Jeuland and François Aymé
Best French Series
Manon, 20 Years – Jean-Xavier de Lestrade
(Tradotto dal francese)
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