The 98th Academy Awards!
Los Angeles, California Mar 15 (EFE).-
One Battle After Another, directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, emerged Sunday as the top winner at the 98th Academy Awards, collecting six prizes, including best picture and best director.
The comedy-drama also won best adapted screenplay, written by Anderson; best supporting actor for Sean Penn; best film editing; and best casting, a category presented for the first time this year.
The film follows the story of Bob Ferguson, played by Leonardo DiCaprio, a former left-wing revolutionary who must save his daughter from the clutches of a white supremacist, portrayed by Penn.
The movie was the second most-nominated film of the night, with 13 nods, behind Sinners, which led with 16 nominations but took home four awards: best actor for Michael B. Jordan, best original screenplay, best cinematography for Autumn Durald—the first woman to win in that category—and best original score.
With three awards was Frankenstein, directed by Guillermo del Toro, which won for costume design, makeup and hairstyling, and production design. The animated breakout of the year, K-Pop Demon Hunters, won two Oscars: best animated feature and best original song for “Golden.”
Irish actress Jessie Buckley lived up to expectations, winning best actress for her portrayal of Agnes, Shakespeare’s wife, in Hamnet, directed by Chloé Zhao. Amy Madigan scored an upset by winning best supporting actress for Weapons.
In the international feature category, Norway’s Sentimental Value, directed by Joachim Trier, prevailed over Spain’s Sirat and Brazil’s O Agente Secreto.
The night’s biggest winner, however, was Anderson and his comedy-drama, which tackles immigration—an especially current issue in the United States—as well as white supremacy.
The director has described the film as “an exploration” of family, fatherhood and a single father’s struggle to give everything for his daughter.
Accepting the award for best adapted screenplay, Anderson dedicated the win to his children, saying he wrote the film as an apology to them for “the mess” left behind by previous generations.
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