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FRANCE 24 film critic Lisa Nesselson gives us her take on both the Oscar nominations and France’s Lumière awards, for which she is the academy president. France has been reacting with both pride and astonishment to the success of Justine Triet’s courtroom drama “Anatomy of a Fall”, which got five Oscar nods despite not being submitted by France for Best International Film.
We also look at “May December”, starring Julianne Moore and Natalie Portman. The film from director Todd Haynes is inspired by the real-life story of a teacher who had an affair with a 12-year-old student, whom she eventually married.
Finally, a bulked-up Zac Ephron stars in “The Iron Claw”, based on the true story of an American wrestling dynasty.