All Quiet on the Western Front

2023 - 3 - 13

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À l'Ouest, rien de nouveau rafle quatre trophées aux Oscars (Cineuropa)

13/03/2023 - Le film d'Edward Berger est le seul long européen qui se soit illustré à cette cérémonie, dominée par la production américaine Everything ...

Best Actor Best Actress [The Banshees of Inisherin](https://cineuropa.org/film/428355/) [+lire aussi : [critique](fr/newsdetail/429891/) [bande-annonce](fr/video/rdID/428355/f/t/) [fiche film](fr/film/428355/)] didn't manage to bag any awards, losing out to Everything Everywhere All at Once in most of the categories, especially the acting ones, in which the Irish-UK-US co-production had more chances of breaking through, thanks to the work of Colin Farrell, Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan and Kerry Condon. Following a pair of estranged brothers who reunite following their mother's untimely death in rural Northern Ireland, the short trounced other European competitors, such as Le Pupille by Alice Rohrwacher. As widely expected after it earned nine nominations (see the [news](https://cineuropa.org/newsdetail/437309/)) and it triumphed at the BAFTAs (see the [news](https://www.cineuropa.org/newsdetail/438983/)), All Quiet on the Western Front won in several categories, including Best Cinematography (for James Friend), Best Original Score (for Volker Bertelmann), Best Production Design and, lastly, Best International Film, winning out over the favourites back in the early phases of the race, Lukas Dhont’s [Close](https://cineuropa.org/film/424233/) [+lire aussi : [critique](fr/newsdetail/426038/) [bande-annonce](fr/video/rdID/424233/f/t/) [interview : Eden Dambrine](fr/video/437545/rdID/424233) [interview : Lukas Dhont](fr/video/437548/rdID/424233) [interview : Lukas Dhont](fr/interview/432769/) [fiche film](fr/film/424233/)] and Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985, as well as Jerzy Skolimowski’s [EO](https://cineuropa.org/film/424274/) [+lire aussi : [critique](fr/newsdetail/425637/) [bande-annonce](fr/video/rdID/424274/f/t/) [fiche film](fr/film/424274/)] and Colm Bairéad’s [The Quiet Girl](https://cineuropa.org/film/421296/) [+lire aussi : [critique](fr/newsdetail/421931/) [bande-annonce](fr/video/rdID/421296/f/t/) [interview : Colm Bairéad](fr/interview/421318/) [fiche film](fr/film/421296/)]. The multiverse-themed film by directorial duo Dan Kwan and Daniel Scheinert swept the awards by receiving a total of seven statuettes, leaving little room for any of the other competitors.

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