Omar Sy, Marion Cotillard … several French people nominated for the 2022 Golden Globes

They’re seen as the Oscars backroom, revealing which films and artists will take the plunge. Nominations for the 2022 Golden Globes fell on Monday, December 13. The 79th ceremony for both series and films will take place on January 9. And among the nominated • es are several French • es.

The French nominated for the 2022 Golden Globes

This is particularly the case of Omar Sy, strong of the critical and public success of the series. Lupine (Netflix). This modern rewrite of the adventures of the thief vigilante became the most-watched series on the streaming platform in 2021 with over 76 million views worldwide. The French actor is thus nominated in the category Best actor in a dramatic series, while Lupine will compete in the Best Drama Series category.

Still on the series side, Tahar Rahim is nominated in the Best Actor in a Miniseries category, for The snake, another Netflix production, this time inspired by a serial killer.

Finally, Marion Cotillard could walk away with the Golden Globe for Best Actress, for her performance in the dark musical film Annette, which she shared the poster with Adam Driver.

Small disappointment for Titanium, by Julia Ducourneau. The Palme d’Or at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival does not appear in the Best Foreign Film category. But she may be able to make up for it at the 2022 Oscars, whose nominations fall on February 8.

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Favorite side of the series, the phenomenon Squid Game (Netflix) fared well with three nominations (Best Drama Series, Best Actor in a Drama Series for Lee Jung-jae and Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for Oh Yeong-su.

On the big screen side, Belfast by Kenneth Branag topped the favorites with seven nominations, including Best Dramatic Feature and Best Director. This film, shot in black and white, tells the story of a little Irish boy and his working-class family during the riots of the late 1960s. In France, Belfast hits theaters on March 2, 2022.

Just behind follows The Power of the Dog, Jane Campion’s first film in twelve years, starring Benedict Cumberbatch. This Netflix adaptation of Thomas Savage’s cult novel stands out with six nominations, including Best Dramatic Feature and Best Actor. This drama full of finesse and unspoken, with superb landscapes, tells the story of two opposing brothers, on a Nevada ranch, in the 1920s, against a backdrop of toxic masculinity and alcoholism.

Golden Globes boycotted by NBC for lack of diversity

On January 9, the Golden Globes ceremony will not be televised on NBC, contrary to custom, as recalled 20 minutes. The channel decided not to broadcast the evening following protests against the lack of diversity within the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the group of international journalists constituting the jury for the Golden Globes. Sizeable problem: among its 87 members, the association had no black journalists since 2002.

A lack of diversity that could be found in particular in the nominations, accused of snubbing large-scale black-American productions such as One Night In Miami Where Da 5 Bloods. Media, actors and actresses have called for no longer supporting the Golden Globes. Several production studios or streaming platforms, including Netflix and Amazon Studios, have also called for substantial changes to the Hollywood Foreign Press Association.

Faced with the controversy that shook the 7th art, it welcomed 21 new members. It also excluded its president for 8 terms, Philip Berk, who had considered that Black Lives Matter was a “hate racist movement”, in an email.

This boycott of NBC is expected to have a significant impact on the finances of the Golden Globes, especially from broadcast rights. The channel said it was “hopeful” of resuming broadcasting of the ceremony in 2023, provided the Hollywood Foreign Press Association “resumes. [réforme] in a significative way”.