Andrey Zvyagintsev received the Golden Globe

2024 Author: James Gerald | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 14:00

Congratulations to director Andrei Zvyagintsev on another triumph! The renowned Russian filmmaker received the prestigious Golden Globe Award from the Foreign Press Association. His painting Leviathan won the Best Foreign Language Film category.

"Thank you, we are insanely happy!" - said Zvyagintsev, receiving the award.

However, in the opinion of film observers, the competition for the Russian director was not too serious. The following tapes also claimed the Golden Globe: Ida (Poland), Force Majeure (Sweden), Divorce Vivian Amsalem (Israel) and Mandarins (Estonia).

As the media remind, the Golden Globe award is considered the second most important after the Oscar. Moreover, for film critics, the results of the ceremony are a kind of "forecast" that allows them to predict the names of the recipients of the American Film Academy awards.

At the same time, Richard Linklater was named Best Director, and his film Boyhood was named Best Film. Let us remind you that five films were presented in the main nomination "Best Film (Drama)": "Adolescence", "The Imitation Game", "Selma", "Stephen Hawking's Universe", "Fox Hunter".

Best Screenplay was announced for the film "Birdman" by Alejandro González Iñárritu, and Michael Keaton, who starred in the film, received the award for "Best Comedic Actor." Best Film - Musical / Comedy Wes Anderson's The Grand Budapest Hotel.

Earlier, "Leviathan" has already received several awards from European film festivals, in particular, the Grand Prix of the 58th London Film Festival, the Grand Prix of the Munich festival and the main prize of the film festival in Serbian Palic.