OSCARS 2024 THE CROWN OF THE OPPENHEIMER FILM

AND CILLIAN MURPHY

As for the French film “Anatomy of a Fall”, it walked away with the Oscar for best original screenplay.

Acclaimed by critics and featuring a remarkable cast, Christopher Nolan's portrait of the father of the atomic bomb dominated the evening. “I would like to highlight the extraordinary team we have assembled for this film,” reacted the director, expressing his gratitude by winning the best director award and thanking all the actors.

With dozens of supporting roles, impeccably tailored costumes and characters tailor-made for a man of cinema whose acting intensity matches magnetic charisma, Cillian Murphy was named best actor for his portrayal of Robert Oppenheimer in the eponymous film by Christopher Nolan.

Between the actor and the director, a twenty-year collaboration was established, beginning in 2005 with “Batman Begins” and continuing with a series of cinematic successes, including “Inception” and “Dunkirk”.

A Palme d'Or, also, in 2006, for The Wind Rises by Ken Loach, a tribute to the Ireland of its roots. Not to mention a cult series called Peaky Blinders, in which he plays the main role. A beret, a cigarette and a steely look were enough to make the character of Thomas Shelby a leading figure on the small screen.

With “Oppenheimer”, Nolan finally offers his favorite actor a major lead role. "We made a film about the man who invented the bomb [...] so I want to dedicate this prize to peacemakers around the world," Murphy said, showing his Irish pride.
Robert Downey Jr, his on-screen antagonist, who plays a conservative bureaucrat orchestrating the public humiliation of the scientist, won the award for best supporting actor.

The film's triumph also resulted in other technical accolades: Jennifer Lame, the film's editor, who helped manage the film's extraordinarily complex plot, and cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema, previously nominated for his work on Dunkirk by the same Christopher Nolan and composer Ludwig Göransson for best original music.

A complete triumph.