It was a great night in Hollywood for French cinema, as Anatomy of a Fall set another milestone in its incredible international career by winning the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for its writers, Justine Triet and Arthur Harari.
Nominated in five categories, including Best Picture, Anatomy of a Fall, which sits at the perfect junction between arthouse and mainstream cinema, continues to be celebrated the world over following its Palme d'Or win at the Cannes Film Festival.
"It's a dream, but it's also a campaign (to win the Oscar)," said a visibly moved Justine Triet after the prestigious ceremony. "It's really hard work. I never expected what it was going to be like. I've discovered a lot of things." This Oscar is the culmination, as the director recalls, of a long promotional campaign begun last autumn and led by the American distributor Neon.
Produced by David Thion (Les Films Pelléas) and Marie Ange Luciani (Les Films de Pierre), and sold internationally by mk2 films, Anatomy of a Fall has attracted over 1.7 million spectators in France, and to date has sold 3.43 million tickets internationally in some sixty countries. It will be released in March in Morocco, the Baltic States, and China, with some countries still to be determined (Serbia, India, the Philippines, Tunisia, etc.).
Unifrance warmly congratulates all the teams who have made this success possible.
Unifrance also congratulates Kaouther Ben Hania, director of Four Daughters, nominated in the Best Documentary category, as well as the teams behind the two French short films nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short: Letter to a Pig by Tal Kantor (Miyu Productions) and Pachyderm by Stéphanie Clément (TNZPV Productions and Folimage).
