The movie Anatomy of a fall. by Justine Triet, Palme d’Or this year, has surpassed one million viewers a month after its theatrical release, its distributor and producer announced on Saturday.
“The million” was surpassed on Friday night, distributor Jean Labadie (Le Pacte) told AFP. “Bravo Justine Triet, thanks to the viewers,” wrote producer Marie-Ange Luciani on Instagram.
Anatomy of a fall. far surpasses the last French Palme d’Or, Titanium (306,293 entries in 2021) by Julia Ducournau and following Dheepan by Jacques Audiard in 2015 (663,000 entries).
He is on par with The life of Adele by Abdellatif Kechiche (1,036 million viewers in 2013), and could aspire to reach between the walls by Laurent Cantet (1.6 million in 2008), another French Palme d’Or from the 2000s.
Not selected for the Oscars
Anatomy of a fall.which meticulously analyzes the balance of power and domination between a pair of artists, will not be presented by France at the Oscars for best foreign film, as its promoters expected.
The commission of professionals that decides will prefer Thursday The Passion of Dodin Bouffant by Tran Anh Hung, with Benoît Magimel and Juliette Binoche. This period film about French culinary traditions will be released on November 8 in France.
A decision that supporters of Justine Triet’s film had difficulty assimilating: “What idiots they are”, wrote Marie-Ange Luciani on Instagram after this decision, while Jean Labadie considered it “unforgivable” on X (former Twitter).
Election of “indisputable professionals”
The president of the Union of Film Producers (UPC), Marc Missonnier, declared himself “a little surprised” by those who make a political interpretation of the Oscar election, after Justine Triet has harshly criticized the government, accused of wanting “to break down”. the cultural exception when receiving his Palm.
“These are undisputed professionals” who were elected, he recalled, emphasizing that the public powers, through the CNC in which they meet, did not have the right to vote.
“French cinema has been searching for a long time for the right formula to choose the film to send to the Oscars. Instead of falling into political anathema, let’s formulate proposals for the future,” he added in X.
Source: BFM TV
