Beat That My Heart Skipped sweeps Cesars
Filed under: Foreign Language, Awards, Newsstand, Oscar Watch, Cinematical Indie
In a shocking turn of events, a foreign remake of an American
film just won a ton of major film awards - who would have guessed such a thing was even possible? Last night, though, it
happened, when Jacques Audiard's The Beat That My Heart Skipped - a remake of James Toback's Fingers,
which starred Harvey Keitel - made a mockery of the Cesar Awards (yes,
those are the proverbial French Oscars). In a sweep so massive that the director described it as
"embarrassing," Audiard's film took home eight of the 19 available awards, including those for best film (a
category in which it beat out France's best foreign film Oscar nominee, Merry
Christmas) and best director.Also being recognized at the ceremony were Hugh Grant, who one can assume stammered charmingly while accepting his career achievement (?!) award, and Million Dollar Baby which, bizarrely, was named best foreign film.
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2-26-2006 @ 1:07PM
Peter Nellhaus said...
Martha, if you lived in France, "Million Dollar Baby" would be a foreign film. In some ways, "Beat" improved upon "Fingers". It would be interesting to know James Toback's take on his film being remade and receiving the kind of recognition none of his own films have received.
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2-26-2006 @ 1:17PM
Martha Fischer said...
Peter, it's not the foreign designation that confused me (jeez, give me some credit!), but rather the fact that it was in the running for an award at the 2006 Cesar ceremony.
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