In a night full of surprises and vindications, the 82nd edition of the Golden Globes featured the French film Emilia Perez, which won four awards, and the series Shogun, which won all four statuettes it was up for. The gala was held at the traditional venue of the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Los Angeles and was hosted by comedian Nikki Glaser.
Audiard leads the way in film wins
Directed by Jacques Audiard, Emilia Perez won Best Motion Picture Musical, Best Original Song, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldana. Although Karla Sofia Gascon, who plays the protagonist transformed into her dream identity, did not win Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical, her anti-hate speech resonated with the audience.
“I am who I am, not who they want me to be.”
Taking the stage with the ‘Emilia Perez’ team , Gascón declared, “You can beat us up, but you will never take over our resistance or identity. I am who I am, not who you want me to be.”
The Brutalist’ and its dramatic impact
Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ was the winner in the Best Dramatic Film category, winning awards for Corbet’s direction and Adrien Brody’s performance.
Shogun’ receives recognition on television
In television, the historical series Shogun, set in feudal Japan, shone by winning Best Drama Series and awards for its leads, Anna Sawai and Hiroyuki Sanada, as well as Best Supporting Actor for Tadanobu Asano. Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano has won the award for Best Supporting Actor in a TV Series at the 82nd Golden Globes, the annual awards presented by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) for his work in ‘Shogun’. Also nominated in this category was Spain’s Javier Bardem for his work in ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’. This was the sixth time that Bardem was eligible for the Golden Globe, an award he won in 2008 as best supporting actor in a motion picture for his work in the film No Country for Old Men, a film adaptation of the novel by Cormac McCarthy directed by the Coen brothers in which the Spanish actor gave life to the impassive psychopathic killer Anton Chigurh. A role that also earned him his first and so far only Oscar. Bardem was also previously nominated for Golden Globes for Best Actor in a Motion Picture in a Drama for ‘Before Night Falls’, ‘Mar adentro’ and ‘Being the Ricardos’ and also for Best Actor in a Motion Picture in a Comedy or Musical for Woody Allen’s ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’. This one for ‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’ was his first nomination for these awards in a television category. In the Netflix series, created by Ryan Murphy and based on a real case, Bardem gives life to José Menéndez, a father who in 1989 was murdered, along with his wife, by his children who subsequently accused him of physical, emotional and sexual abuse. Sentenced to life imprisonment, while the prosecution claimed that the crime was financially motivated, the brothers Lyle and Erik Menendez continue to claim that they committed the crime out of fear that their father would murder them and continue to fight for their release.
More outstanding awards
Among the night’s other award winners, Demi Moore stood out as Best Actress in a Comedy for ‘The Substance’, while the comedy series ‘Hacks’ repeated its success with Jean Smart again winning the award for Best Comedy Actress on Television.
