A box ! The goofy film Everything Everywhere All at Once took everything on Sunday March 12, during the 95th Academy Awards, which was marred by no incident. The Oscar for best film, the grail of cinema, was awarded to this crazy comedy, the director duo composed of Daniel Scheinert and Daniel Kwan having won the trophy for best director a few minutes earlier. A mix of action, schoolboy humor and science fiction, Everything Everywhere All at Once, which follows the adventures of an overworked laundromat owner, suddenly plunged into parallel universes, also allowed its actors Michelle Yeoh (best actress), Jamie Lee Curtis (best supporting actress) and Ke Huy Quan (best supporting actor) to win an Oscar.
Alongside this steamroller, also awarded the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing, the German film In the West, Nothing New stood out as the other revelation of the evening with four Oscars. This new version of the famous novel about the great butchery of 14-18 was voted best international film and won various technical awards (photography, sets, soundtrack). "Thank you, it means so much to us," said director Edward Berger, who helmed this third adaptation of German Erich Maria Remarque's masterpiece, the first in Goethe's language.
Another triumph of the evening, that of Brendan Fraser. The 54-year-old American actor signed an unexpected return to Hollywood by winning the Best Actor Oscar for his powerful performance in the drama The Whale. Fraser, who delighted audiences with his roles as brawny adventurers in 1990s comedies, won over the Academy Awards as a reclusive, grief-stricken obese professor. "So this is the multiverse," Brendan Fraser said in disbelief and emotion as he received the golden statuette.
The evening obviously did not overlook the slap inflicted last year by Will Smith on comedian Chris Rock, after a joke about his wife's alopecia. It still resonated on stage, thanks to the many jokes of this year's presenter, Jimmy Kimmel. “If anyone in this theater commits a violent act, […] you will be rewarded with the Oscar for best actor and allowed to give a 19-minute speech,” the comedian quipped. The Academy had indeed been criticized for letting Will Smith receive his award for best actor on stage after his attack. He has since been banned from performing for 10 years.
The show went off without a hitch and started out strong, with two US Navy fighter jets flying over Hollywood, a nod to the blockbuster Top Gun: Maverick, which brought audiences back to the movies after the pandemic.
Among other highlights, stars Lady Gaga and Rihanna each performed the songs they were nominated for. Audiences also enjoyed the exuberance of Indian cinema, as a troupe of dancers set the stage on fire to Naatu Naatu, the song from the Oscar-winning film RRR.
Rihanna performs "Lift Me Up" at the
Oscar wins in major categories:
- Meilleur film : Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Director: Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Meilleure actrice : Michelle Yeoh, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Actor: Brendan Fraser, The Whale
- Best Supporting Actor: Ke Huy Quan, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Supporting Actress: Jamie Lee Curtis, Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best International Film: Nothing New in the West (Germany)
- Best Animated Film: Pinocchio by Guillermo Del Toro
- Best Documentary: Navalny
- Meilleur scénario original : Everything Everywhere All at Once
- Best Adapted Screenplay: Women Talking
Find the complete winners on the official website of the Academy of Oscars
