LOS ANGELES (AP) – It was a showdown between “Drive My Car” by Ryusuke Hamaguchi and “” by Jane Campion The power of the dog For members of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association, but the group managed to hand over the honors to both on Saturday.
The Japanese film “Drive My Car” was named best picture and “The Power of the Dog”, a Western drama set in 1925, was a finalist. Campion, meanwhile, received the award for best director with Hamaguchi as a finalist.
Simon Rex picked out best actor for his turn as a former pornstar in Sean Baker’s ” Red rocket”And Penelope Cruz was named best actress for her role as photographer and new mother in“ Parallel Mothers ”by Pedro Almodóvar.
The supporting actress went to Ariana DeBose, who plays Anita in “West Side Story”, while the supporting actor was a connection between Vincent London for “Titanium” and Kodi Smit-McPhee for “The Power of the Dog” .
The non-fiction film ” To flee, “about an Afghan refugee, got the best animated film, while the documentary award went to Questlove’s” Summer of the soul“, which recounts a largely forgotten music festival in the summer of 1969.
“Our awards span many fields and genres and they span the globe as well,” said Claudia Puig, president of the Los Angeles Film Critics Association. “We are delighted to spread our love and appreciation for this line of exceptional films.”
The LA group aren’t the first to single out “Drive My Car”, about a widowed actor and director and the relationship he develops with his driver, who made his Cannes Film Festival debut earlier. This year. the New York Film Critics’ Circle and the Boston Society of Film Critics also awarded the award for best film to “Drive My Car”. It also won the award for best international feature film at the Gotham Independent Film Award.
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