The Oscar ceremony in Los Angeles was awarded the wisdom of the South African documentary The Octopus. He receives the prestigious award in the documentary category.
with our correspondent in Los Angeles, Loïc Pialat
Although the wisdom of the octopus had predicted predictions after already winning Bafta for best documentary, director Pippa Ehrlich found it difficult to keep her emotions when she came to pick up her statuette.
A special friendship
This story of friendship so special, so strange between a depressed South African and an octopus in Cape Town has touched the whole world, including Hollywood. Partly thanks to Netflix, which made this low-budget documentary visible everywhere.
“I know that many South Africans were awake to see the ceremony. In full respect, this is a little story in an underwater forest in the far reaches of Africa, but on a more universal scale, I hope this film offered an example of a different kind. Possible relationship between man and nature “
The second African film presented at this 93rd Oscar was not so happy, but the man who sold his skin Kaouther Ben Hania will remain as the first Tunisian feature film selected for the Oscars.
► Also read : “The man who sold his skin”, Tunisian filmmaker Kaouther Ben Hania at the Venice Film Festival (interview)
In this category best foreign film won the Danish film Drunk by Thomas Vinterberg.
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