Emmanuel Macron congratulates Justine Triet on her Oscar | EUROtoday

“Palme d’Or, César and Oscar for best original screenplay. Congratulations to Justine Triet and her team. French pride! »wrote Emmanuel Macron on Monday March 11, congratulating Justine Triet for the Oscar which was awarded to her in Los Angeles on Sunday evening.

The film by the 45-year-old filmmaker was in the running for five Oscars but not for best foreign film, France not having officially presented it in this category. He finally won the statuette for best screenplay, crowning an extraordinary journey that began at Cannes.

By profitable the Palme d'Or in May 2023, Justine Triet was the one artist on the Cannes pageant to have devoted her due to delivering a heartfelt phrase, evoking “the historic challenge to pension reform, denied and shockingly repressed”. She additionally rebelled in opposition to “the commodification of culture that the neoliberal government defends”which is “breaking the French cultural exception”.

The Minister of Culture on the time, Rima Abdul Malak, mentioned “stunned” by his speech. And the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, had not expressed his congratulations, opposite to customized.

Mr. Macron lastly congratulated the director in January, on the event of the 2 Golden Globes gained by the movie. Justine Triet then additionally made a splash on the Césars, with six distinctions, together with these for finest movie and finest route.