There was no big favourite of the night, but it was ultimately a seasoned director that triumphed over the next generation of filmmakers at the 24^th Lumières Awards, which were presented (in a similar fashion to the Golden Globes) to the best artists working in the French and Francophone film industry by foreign journalists stationed in Paris. Jacques Audiard’s western, The Sisters Brothers [+leggi anche:
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The shock of the night came in the Best Actor category, which saw Alex Lutz scoop up the award for Guy [+leggi anche:
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Élodie Bouchez’s moving performance in In Safe Hands [+leggi anche:
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As for the rest of the night, predictions were fairly on the money, with Xavier Legrand’s Custody [+leggi anche:
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scheda film] respectively. The 24^th Lumières Awards Ceremony (which took place at the Institut du Monde Arabe) also paid tribute to Jane Birkin and the A Man and a Woman trio (director Claude Lelouch and his cast Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant).

The Awards:

Best Film
The Sisters Brothers [+leggi anche:
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Best Director
Jacques Audiard – The Sisters Brothers

Best Actress
Elodie Bouchez – In Safe Hands [+leggi anche:
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Best Actor
Alex Lutz – Guy [+leggi anche:
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Best Screenplay
Pierre Salvadori, Benoît Graffin et Benjamin Charbit – The Trouble With You [+leggi anche:
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Best Photography
Benoît Debie – The Sisters Brothers

Most Promising Actor
Félix Maritaud – Sauvage [+leggi anche:
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Most Promising Actress
Ophélie Bau – Mektoub My Love : Canto Uno [+leggi anche:
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Best First Film
Custody [+leggi anche:
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Best Francophone Film
Girl [+leggi anche:
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Best Animated Film
Dilili in Paris [+leggi anche:
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Best Documentary
Samouni Road [+leggi anche:
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Best Music
Vincent Blanchard and Romain Greffe – Guy