GOLDEN GLOBES 2024
Anatomy of a Fall wins two Golden Globes

by David González, Cineuropa
January 8, 2024

Justine Triet’s film shone bright at the ceremony, at which the main winners were Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer and Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things, which also boast European participation.

It was a great night for European cinema at the 81st Golden Globe Awards. Taking place yesterday in Los Angeles, the ceremony saw the triumph of one of this year's awards-season favourites, the Palme d'Or winner Anatomy of a Fall.

Justine Triet’s film thus confirms its status - suggested by its Cannes triumph and further cemented by its sweeping victory at the European Film Awards (see the news) and by several wins at critics' awards shows in recent weeks - with not one, but two wins, in the Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language category and, surprisingly, in the Best Screenplay category.


Anatomy of a Fall wins two Golden Globes
Justine Triet with her two Golden Globes for Anatomy of a Fall (© Golden Globes)

After thanking all of her team – actors Milo Machado Graner, Sandra Hüller, Antoine Reinartz, Swann Arlaud and Snoop the dog included, as well as the film's producers and Cannes Film Festival head honcho Thierry Frémaux, who attended the ceremony as part of the film's delegation – during her first speech of the night, Triet went on to delve into the making of the film during her second one. "During the chaos of the pandemic, my partner Arthur Harari and I spent our days co-writing this screenplay stuck in our apartment, and strangely nobody died. We kept on saying, this is radical and dark, it's too long, they talk all the time, there's no score, a couple fighting, a dog vomiting... Nobody is going to watch this movie," she added. She was proven wrong, however, as her work beat others such as Jonathan Glazer’s The Zone of Interest, Aki Kaurismäki’s Fallen Leaves, Matteo Garrone’s Me Captain and JA Bayona’s Society of the Snow in the former category, and Greta Gerwig's Barbie, Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon, Celine Song's Past Lives,  Yorgos Lanthimos’ Poor Things and Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer in the latter.



As a matter of fact, it was these last two films, both with European participation, that were the other main winners of the ceremony, with the former snatching two statuettes (Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy for Emma Stone's stunning work) and the latter winning a total of five statuettes (Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Director, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama for Cillian Murphy, Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role for Robert Downey Jr and Best Original Score for Ludwig Göransson's work). Both titles were strong competitors in their categories: Poor Things has been scooping accolades from critics and juries alike after its Venice Golden Lion win, and Oppenheimer has been a well-respected worldwide success at the box office.

As for series, the only European winner was Elizabeth Debicki, who won the Golden Globe for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television for her portrait of Lady Di in The Crown.

The next stage in the US awards season will start with the announcement of the nominations for the Oscars on 23 January. It is worth remembering that last night's winner Anatomy of a Fall is not representing France in the Best International Film category, since the country's academy decided to submit Tran Anh Hung’s The Taste of Things instead.


Here is the full list of winners:

Films

Best Motion Picture – Drama
Oppenheimer – Christopher Nolan (USA/UK)

Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Poor Things – Yorgos Lanthimos (Ireland/UK/USA)

Best Motion Picture – Non-English Language
Anatomy of a Fall – Justine Triet (France)

Best Motion Picture – Animated
The Boy and the Heron – Hayao Miyazaki (Japan)

Best Director – Motion Picture
Christopher Nolan - Oppenheimer

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Lily Gladstone - Killers of the Flower Moon

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama
Cillian Murphy - Oppenheimer

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Emma Stone - Poor Things

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy
Paul Giamatti - The Holdovers

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Da’vine Joy Randolph - The Holdovers

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role in any Motion Picture
Robert Downey Jr. - Oppenheimer

Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Justine Triet, Arthur Harari - Anatomy of a Fall

Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Ludwig Göransson - Oppenheimer

Best Original Song – Motion Picture
“What Was I Made For?” — Barbie (Music & Lyrics By: Billie Eilish O’Connell, Finneas O’Connell)

Cinematic and Box Office Achievement
Barbie – Greta Gerwig

Series

Best Television Series – Drama
Succession

Best Television Series – Musical or Comedy
The Bear

Best Television Limited Series, Anthology Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Beef

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Sarah Snook - Succession

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Drama
Kieran Culkin - Succession

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Ayo Edebiri - The Bear

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Series – Musical or Comedy
Jeremy Allen White - The Bear

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Ali Wong - Beef

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Limited Series, Anthology Series, or a Motion Picture Made for Television
Steven Yeun - Beef

Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Elizabeth Debicki - The Crown (UK/USA)

Best Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role on Television
Matthew Macfadyen - Succession

Best Performance in Stand-Up Comedy on Television
Ricky Gervais - Ricky Gervais: Armageddon