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France Unveils Shortlist For 2025 Best International Feature Film Candidate
France's restructured selection committee features Venice Golden Lion winner Audrey Diwan and Oscar winners Florian Zeller and Patrick Wachsberger
This year’s candidate is being decided by a restructured selection committee – featuring Venice Golden Lion winner Audrey Diwan and Oscar winners, writer, director and producer Florian Zeller and producer Patrick Wachsberger – as France attempts to break a 30-year awards drought in the category, even its cinema talents have been feted in other categories. Swashbuckler The Count of Monte Cristo stars Pierre Niney as the iconic of protagonist of the classic revenge tale, with other members of the cast including Bastien Bouillon, Anaïs Demoustier, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte and Pierfrancesco Favino There was upset last year, after the committee selected Tran Anh Hung’s period drama The Taste of Things, over hot favorite, Justine Triet’s Cannes Palme d’Or winner Anatomy of a Fall.
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