Last night, my friends and I huddled around a gigantic bowl of popcorn and a bottle of wine to watch the 80th annual Academy Awards, or the “Superbowl for Girls,” as we have coined the important event.
We start watching at 6 p.m. sharp with the red carpet pre-show on E!. The dresses, the hair, the makeup—it’s a delicious feast for our eyes as we methodically critique or applaud every starlet’s attire. The actual award ceremony proves to be just as entertaining; watching celebrities introduce and receive awards never seems to bore us, and the delightfully crafted movie montages momentarily inspire us to become film connoisseurs.
The highlight of the night for me, however, was Marion Cotillard's win in the Best Actress category for her performance as Edith Piaf in La Vie En Rose.
If you haven’t yet seen this movie, you must. Cotillard is incredible as Piaf; she has the ability to transform her appearance and behavior from a pulsating young twenty-something to a frail and decrepit old woman on her deathbed.
Cotillard’s win makes her the first and only winner of an Academy Award for a performance in the French language. She is also the first Best Actress winner in a non-English language performance since Sophia Lauren’s win for her 1961 performance in Two Women, according to my trusted friend Wikipedia.
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To such a steadfast Francophile like myself, Cotillard’s Best Actress win made me tremendously happy. I’m glad to see that the Academy is willing to bear through reading subtitles and give movies (and the actors who give them life) a fair chance.
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