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‘Emilia Perez’ Has France Poised to Win the International Feature Oscar — Could Another Country Pull Off an Upset?
International Oscar Race: Will critics' darling 'Emilia Pérez' take home the gold for France, or will one of the other 85 countries pull an upset?
“In Her Place” Director: Maite AlberdiCountry: ChileChilean docmaker Alberdi — who got documentary Oscar nominations for “The Eternal Memory” and “The Mole Agent,” plus an international feature nod for the latter — switches to narrative cinema with this fanciful tale of a legal secretary enraptured by a glamorous murderess on trial. “ Emilia Pérez ” Director: Jacques AudiardCountry: FranceFifteen years after scoring a nomination in the category for “A Prophet,” veteran auteur Audiard is hoping to bring France its first win in three decades with this Cannes-laurelled, Netflix-backed, Mexico-set trans cartel musical starring Karla Sofia Gascón, Zoe Saldaña and Selena Gomez. “In the Arms of the Tree” Director: Babak Lotfi KhajepashaCountry: IranLikely to be eclipsed by the higher-profile Iranian film in the running, Germany’s submission “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” this domestic drama studies two young children whose happily sheltered existence is shattered by a crisis in their parents’ lives.
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