The 82nd Golden Globes in the main categories were won by the epic period drama Brutalista and the musical film Emilia Pérez.
The Brutalist was directed by Best Director winner Brady Corbet and stars Adrien Brody, Best Actor in a Drama. The three-and-a-half-hour film captures 30 years in the life of Jewish architect of Hungarian origin and Holocaust survivor László Tóth, who wants to start a new life in the USA after World War II.
The prize for best comedy or musical goes to the French film Emilia Pérez, which also won best film in a language other than English. In total, it scored in four categories – Zoe Saldana’s Best Supporting Actress and El Mal’s Best Original Song.
The “drug musical” directed by Jacques Audiard tells the story of a Mexican cartel boss who undergoes a sex change. The work is France’s candidate in the race for the “foreign Oscar”.
In the category of the best actress in a comedy or musical, Demi Moore convinced with her role in the horror film Substance by the French director Coralie Fargeatová. Sebastian Stan was named best actor in a comedy or musical for his role in the black comedy Other Man.
The award for best actress in a drama went to Brazilian Fernanda Torres for her role in I’m Still Here (Ainda Estou Aqui; I’m still here), about a family divided by the country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s.
Kieran Culkin won Best Supporting Actor for Real Pain, a comedy-drama about cousins who travel to Poland to explore their family roots.
In the category of greatest film and commercial success, the film Wicked was awarded. The best animated film is the Latvian cat odyssey (Flow).
In the television categories, the drama series Shogun, the comedy series Still in the course (Hacks) and the miniseries Sobík (Baby Reindeer) prevailed.
The Golden Globe Awards kicked off the Hollywood film awards season, which culminates in February with the Oscars — awards from the American Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. The Golden Globes are the second most important film awards in the USA after the Oscars.
334 journalists from 85 countries of the world decide on the globes. They are handed out by the non-profit Golden Globe Foundation, the successor to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), which has faced widespread criticism and accusations of racism, sexism, intimidation and corruption in recent years.
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