Some have opined that Justine Triet's Best Director nomination is the reason Greta Gerwig was snubbed this year (because they can't nominate two women?). But Triet's leadership, as well as the nominated Original Screenplay by her and Arthur Harari are, indeed, worthy. This movie's other two Oscar nominations are for Best Picture and Editing. I should mention that it also won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last year. France's César Award nominations were just announced and this got eleven.
No composer is credited and only five songs are listed for the soundtrack. A cover by the Bacao Rhythm & Steel Band of 50 Cent's rap tune P.I.M.P. is played over and over. Listen here to the cover. I'm laughing now because I didn't realize Snoop Dogg did a remix of the original (watch here) and Daniel's dog is named Snoop! Apparently the filmmakers thought that all viewers would recognize the song and know its misogynistic lyrics. We didn't. Okay Boomers.
Hüller's character Sandra is a German woman living in France with her French husband and their French-speaking son. Sandra's English is better than her French so the movie is about half in English. Of course there are subtitles for the French lines. Captioning for the English words was essential for me, especially in the opening scene when P.I.M.P. is played very loudly (an important plot point), and I couldn't have made out the dialog without captions.
Hüller, who is actually German, was last blogged for I'm Your Man. This is Graner's third feature after some TV. Arlaud, with almost a hundred credits, and Theis, with a few dozen, are new to me. Triet has directed five other features and co-wrote three. Harari co-wrote one of Triet's other features, starred in another, and directed/wrote two more of his own.
Rotten Tomatoes' critics and audiences are not plummeting with their averages of 96 and 91%. Ann and I rented it January 28 on Apple TV.
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