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On January 23, after a temporary delay due to the fires in Los Angeles, the American Film Academy announced the nominees for the «Oscar» 2025.
The absolute leader in terms of the number of nominations (13!) was the film «Emilia Perez» (and this is also a record for a non-English language film), while in «Brutalist» and «Wicked» — 10 each, and «Conclave» and the biopic «Bob Dylan: A Complete Stranger» — 8 each (all of these titles are nominated for Best Picture).
«Emilia Perez» — is kis a romantic musical by French director Jacques Audiard, which tells the story of a successful lawyer Rita Moro Castro (Zoe Saldana), who agrees to help the head of the Mexican drug cartel Juan Del Monte (Carla Sofia Gascon, played by Emilia Perez, who, by the way, became the first trans actress nominated for «Oscar») to fulfill his long-held dream of becoming a woman. Selena Gomez plays Juan’s wife, Jessie, who is told that her husband is dead.
Regarding «Dunes 2»the film received 5 nominations (the first film had 10, but Denis Villeneuve did not receive a director’s nomination in both), but «Gladiator II» was almost overlooked (1 nomination for costume design)Despite the fact that critics actively promoted the acting award for Denzel Washington
Among the studios, Universal dominated with 25 nominations, Netflix received 16, and the plucky indie distributor A24 — 14.
The good (and not so good) things about this year’s nominations: the Ukrainian film «Porcelain War» claims to be the best documentary and has every chance of repeating success «20 days in Mariupol»However, the list of acting nominations includes Russian (and not even «good») Yura Borisov, who supported the annexation of Crimea and did not make any public comments about the war. Tape «Anora», which stars the actor and is also closely intertwined with Russian culture, received 5 nominations and is in the running for Best Picture.