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

The 95th Academy Awards have put the cherry on top of a US awards season that has, for the most part, been screaming Everything Everywhere All at Once at the top of its lungs. 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.

The only title that managed to stand its ground against the A24 juggernaut was a European film, and a Netflix production. Edward Berger’s All Quiet on the Western Front [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annonceinterview : Edward Bergerfiche film], an adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque novel, which had previously been made into a Best Picture Oscar-winning movie in 1930, became one of the most-awarded films not in the English language in the Oscars' history, behind only Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annonceinterview : Michel Hazanaviciusfiche film] in 2012 and matching Bong Joon-ho’s Parasite in 2020. And not only that: it also became the highest-scoring Netflix original production, surpassing the number of statuettes bestowed upon Alfonso Cuarón’s Roma in 2019. As widely expected after it earned nine nominations (see the news) and it triumphed at the BAFTAs (see the news), 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 [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annonceinterview : Eden Dambrineinterview : Lukas Dhontinterview : Lukas Dhontfiche film] and Santiago Mitre’s Argentina, 1985, as well as Jerzy Skolimowski’s EO [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annoncefiche film] and Colm Bairéad’s The Quiet Girl [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annonceinterview : Colm Bairéadfiche film].

The only other European winner of the evening was An Irish Goodbye, an Irish-British co-production directed by Tom Berkeley and Ross White, which stood out in the Best Live Action Short category. 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.

Despite having also received nine nominations, Martin McDonagh’s The Banshees of Inisherin [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annoncefiche film] 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. Ruben Östlund’s Palme d’Or winner Triangle of Sadness [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annonceinterview : Ruben Östlundinterview : Ruben Östlundfiche film], which had racked up nods in the three main categories, experienced the same fate and went back to Europe with no statuettes at all.

The other European co-productions nominated that went home empty-handed included the documentaries A House Made of Splinters [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annoncefiche film] by Simon Lereng Wilmont and All That Breathes [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annonceinterview : Shaunak Senfiche film] by Shaunak Sen, which lost out to Navalny, directed by Daniel Roher, as well as Oliver Hermanus’ Living [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annoncefiche film] and Charlotte Wells’ Aftersun [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annoncefiche film], nominated for Paul Mescal’s work.

Here is the full list of winners:

Best PictureEverything Everywhere All at Once - Dan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert

Best DirectorDan Kwan, Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best ActressMichelle Yeoh - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best ActorBrendan Fraser - The Whale

Best Supporting ActorKe Huy Quan - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Supporting ActressJamie Lee Curtis - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best International Feature FilmAll Quiet on the Western Front [+lire aussi : critiquebande-annonceinterview : Edward Bergerfiche film] - Edward Berger (USA/Germany)

Best Documentary FeatureNavalny - Daniel Roher

Best Animated FeatureGuillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio - Guillermo del Toro, Mark Gustafson

Best Original ScreenplayDaniel Kwan, Daniel Scheinert - Everything Everywhere All at Once

Best Adapted ScreenplaySarah Polley - Women Talking

Best CinematographyJames Friend - All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Visual EffectsAvatar: The Way of Water

Best EditingEverything Everywhere All at Once

Best Production DesignAll Quiet on the Western Front

Best Makeup and HairstylingThe Whale

Best Costume DesignBlack Panther: Wakanda Forever

Best SoundTop Gun: Maverick

Best Original ScoreVolker Bertelmann - All Quiet on the Western Front

Best Original SongNaatu Naatu — Kaala Bhairava, M.M. Keeravani, Rahul Sipligunj (RRR)

Best Live Action ShortAn Irish Goodbye - Tom Berkeley, Ross White (Ireland/UK)

Best Documentary Short SubjectThe Elephant Whisperers - Kartiki Gonsalves (India)

Best Animated ShortThe Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse - Peter Baynton