France’s awards season has officially kicked off with Justine Triet‘s “Anatomy of a Fall” landing six nominations at the Lumières Awards, including best film and director.
The courtroom drama, which won the Palme d’Or at Cannes, is the season’s frontrunner. The Lumières are voted on by Paris-based correspondents working for foreign outlets across 36 countries.
Sandra Huller, who stars in the film as a German novelist put on trial after her French husband dies mysteriously, is nominated for best actress, while Milo Machado Graner, who plays her astute, low-vision son, is nominated for best male newcomer.
“Anatomy of Fall” has been on a roll, garnering a raft of international prizes at the European Film Awards, Gothams, as well as Los Angeles and the New York Film Critics Circle Awards, along with four Golden Globe nominations for best film, screenplay, actress and foreign film. The movie that was chosen as France’s Oscar entry for international feature, “The Taste of Things,” earned a single Lumières nomination for cinematography.
Othe Lumières contenders include another courtroom drama, “The Goldman Case,” directed by Cedric Kahn, and Thomas Cailley’s supernatural father-and-son drama “The Animal Kingdom” — both of which are vying for five awards — as well as Catherine Breillat’s “Last Summer” and Clément Cogitore’s “Son of Ramses.” All of these films world premiered at Cannes. “The Goldman Case” opened Directors’ Fortnight, while “The Animal Kingdom” played at Un Certain Regard and recently won the prestigious Louis Delluc prize in France; “Last Summer” bowed in competition and “Son of Ramses” screened at Critics’ Week.
The international co-production category also comprises a large number of Cannes alumni, such as Nuri Bilge Ceylan’s “About Dry Grasses,” Ken Loach’s “The Old Oak” and Maryam Touzani’s “The Blue Caftan.”
The Lumières Awards ceremony will take place on Jan. 22 in the run up to the Cesar Awards.
Here is the list of Lumières Awards nominations:
Best film
“Anatomy Of A Fall,” Justine Triet
“Last Summer,” Catherine Breillat
“Sons Of Ramses,” Clément Cogitore
“The Goldman Case,” Cédric Kahn
“The Animal Kingdom,” Thomas Cailley
Best director
Catherine Breillat, “Last Summer”
Thomas Cailley, “The Animal Kingdom”
Clément Cogitore, “Sons Of Ramses”
Cédric Kahn, “The Goldman Case”
Justine Triet, “Anatomy Of A Fall”
Best screenplay
Thomas Cailley, “The Animal Kingdom”
Quentin Dupieux, “Yannick”
Cédric Kahn, Nathalie Hertzberg, “The Goldman Case”
Iris Kaltenbäck, “The Rapture”
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari, “Anatomy Of A Fall”
Best documentary
“Four Daughters,” Kaouther Ben Hania
“Little Girl Blue,” Mona Achache
“Our Body,” Claire Simon
“La Rivière,” Dominique Marchais
“On The Adamant,” Nicolas Philibert
Best actress
Catherine Deneuve, “Bernadette”
Léa Drucker, “Last Summer”
Virginie Efira, “All To Play For”
Hafsia Herzi, “The Rapture”
Sandra Huller, “Anatomy Of A Fall”
Best actor
Vincent Lacoste, “Along Came Love”
Karim Leklou, “Vincent Must Die”
Melvil Poupaud, “Just The Two Of Us”
Franz Rogowski, “Disco Boy”
Arieh Worthalter, “The Goldman Case”
Most promising actress
Suzanne Jouannet, “La Voie Royale”
Louise Mauroy-Panzani, “Ama Gloria”
Park Ji-Min, “Return To Seoul”
Claire Pommet, “Spirit Of Ecstasy”
Ella Rumpf, “Marguerite’s Theorem”
Most promising actor
Arthur Harari, “The Goldman Case”
Samuel Kircher, “Last Summer”
Milo Machado Graner, “Anatomy Of A Fall”
Raphaël Quenard, “Junkyard Dogs”
Abdulah Sissoko, “The Young Imam”
Best first film
“Bernadette,” Léa Domenach
“Junkyard Dogs,” Jean-Baptiste Durand
“Disco Boy,” Giacomo Abbruzzese
“The Rapture,” Iris Kaltenbäck
“Vincent Must Die,” Stéphan Castang
Best international co-production
“The Blue Caftan,” Maryam Touzani
“About Dry Grasses,” Nuri Bilge Ceylan
“Lost Country,” Vladimir Perišić
“Hounds,” Kamal Lazraq
“The Old Oak,” Ken Loach
Best cinematography
Simon Beaufils for “Anatomy Of A Fall”
David Cailley for “The Animal Kingdom”
Hélène Louvart for “Disco Boy”
Jonathan Ricquebourg for “The Taste of Things”
Sylvain Verdet for “Sons of Ramses”
Best score
Amine Bouhafa for “Four Daughters”
Clément Ducol for “Chicken For Linda!”
Andrea Laszlo de Simone for “Animal Kingdom”
Chloé Thévenin for “The Mountain”
Vitalic for “Disco Boy”
Best animated film
“No Dogs or Italians Allowed,” Alain Ughetto
“Chicken for Linda!,” Chiara Malta, Sébastien Laudenbach
“Mars Express,” Jérémie Périn
“Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman,” Pierre Földes
“The Siren,” Sepideh Farsi
