‘Anatomy of a Fall’ Wins Best Film, Actress, Screenplay at France’s Lumiere Awards
variety.comElsa Keslassy International Correspondent Justine Triet‘s Palme d’Or winning “Anatomy of a Fall” picked up top accolades at the 29th Lumiere Awards, France’s equivalent to the Golden Globes, at a ceremony held Monday at the Forum des Images in Paris.
While Triet lost the best director nod to Thomas Cailley for his supernatural family drama “The Animal Kingdom,” “Anatomy of a Fall” won best film, actress for Sandra Huller, and screenplay for Triet and Arthur Harari.
The movie is nominated for seven BAFTA awards, and won two Golden Globes (for screenplay and foreign-language film) earlier this month.
Kicking off France’s awards season, the Lumieres are handed out by France-based foreign journalists. Another critically acclaimed French trial movie, Cédric Kahn’s “The Goldman Case” won one prize for Arieh Worthalter as best actor, while “The Rapture” by Iris Kaltenbäck won best first film.
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