‘Oppenheimer’ wins British Bafta film awards

“Oppenheimer” was awarded the best film, Christopher Nolan received the award for best director, and actor Cillian Murphy, who plays the American physicist Robert Oppenheimer, who is considered the inventor of the atomic bomb, in “Oppenheimer” received the award for the best movie actor.

‘Oppenheimer’ was nominated in 13 categories at the Baftas, beating French legal drama ‘Anatomy of a Case’ starring German actress Sandra Hülser, Frankenstein story ‘Poor Things’, College in the top category of best film -The tragic comedy “The Holdovers” and the western drama “Killers of the Flower Moon” by veteran director Martin Scorsese.

In addition to ‘Oppenheimer’ actor Murphy, Robert Downey Jr. honored as Best Supporting Actor. Irishman Murphy was “overwhelmed” after his honour, adding that he was “thrilled and a bit shocked”.

The blockbuster, which grossed more than a billion dollars (910 million euros), has clearly reaffirmed its role as a favorite for the Oscars in three weeks’ time. At the Golden Globes awards ceremony in January, ‘Oppenheimer’ already won five of the coveted American film and television awards. It won awards in eight categories at the Critics Choice Awards.

The second big winner at the Baftas was ‘Poor Things’ by director Giorgos Lanthimos with five prizes: Hollywood star Emma Stone was honored as best actress for her role as a corpse brought back to life by a mad scientist and equipped with the brain of a fetus. She defeated, among others, Hülser (“Anatomy of a Case”) and “Barbie” actress Margot Robbie.

American actress Da’Vine Joy Randolph was honored as Best Supporting Actress for her role in “The Holdovers.” Huller, who was also nominated in this category for her role in the Holocaust drama ‘The Zone of Interest’, came away empty-handed from the Baftas, but her two films did not: ‘Anatomy of a Case’ won the prize for best original screenplay , “The Zone of Interest” won Best British Film, Best Foreign Language Film and Best Sound. (sda/afp)