- “Oppenheimer” won seven awards at the 77th British Academy Film Awards on Sunday in London.
- The award for best actress went to Emma Stone for her role in the comedy “Poor Things.”
- Mstyslav Chernov’s “20 Days in Mariupol” won the award for best documentary.
“Oppenheimer” was awarded best film on Sunday evening in London, Christopher Nolan received the award for best director and actor Cillian Murphy, who plays US physicist Robert Oppenheimer, the inventor of the atomic bomb, received the award for best actor.
Nolan’s film was nominated in 13 categories at the Baftas and won in the best film category against the French legal drama “Anatomy of a Case” with the German actress Sandra Hülser in the lead role, the Frankenstein story “Poor Things”, the college The tragic comedy “The Holdovers” and the western drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” by veteran director Martin Scorsese.
The distinguished ones
In addition to “Oppenheimer” actor Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. was also honored as best supporting actor.
The second big winner at the Baftas was “Poor Things” by director Yorgos Lanthimos with five awards. Actress Emma Stone won best actress honors for her role as a corpse brought back to life by a mad scientist and equipped with the brain of a fetus.
US actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph was honored as best supporting actress for her role in “The Holdovers”.
“Anatomy of a Case” won the award for best original screenplay, “The Zone of Interest” won best British film, best non-English language film and best sound.
SRF 4 News, February 18, 2024. 10:00 p.m.; anturen, saga;schl