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Oscars: France Selects ‘Emilia Pérez’ For Best International Feature Film Race


France has overhauled its Best Int'l Feature Film Selection Committee In Bid To End 30-year Awards Hiatus In category.

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. Neon ran a far buzzier campaign in other categories for Anatomy of a Fall, which then clinched five nominations, including for best film and best actress for Sandra Hüller, and won best screenplay for Triet and Arthur Harari. Samuel Goldwyn Films appears to be set on a similar strategy for The Count of Monte Cristo, which was also regarded as a front-runner to be selected as the French Oscar candidate alongside Emilia Perez.

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