The race for the Oscars begins to intensify: the nominations are just around the corner, and films like ‘The Whale’ or ‘The Banshee of Inisherin’ seem to be competing for the main statuettes. But, suddenly, one of the opponents has counterattacked forcefully: the remake of ‘All Quiet Front’, which after its very good critical reception has given Netflix the prestige it did not find in ‘Bardo’ or ‘Blonde’. for now, Edward Berger’s film has already broken a record at the BAFTAs.
Too many prizes? bafta already
The 14 nominations it has achieved is the maximum that a foreign-language film has achieved. at the famous British awards, matched only by ‘Tiger and Dragon’. Both are a bit far, yes, from the film with the most nominations in history, ‘Gandhi’, which reached 16. ‘All Quiet Front’ leads the table followed by the ten nominations of ‘Everything, at once, everywhere’ and ‘Inisherin’s Banshees’.
It had been more than a decade since any film had reached 14 nominations. (It was in 2011, ‘The King’s Speech’) and it may surprise you in a more unpredictable Oscar than it may seem a priori. ‘All Quiet Front’ Only Stays at BAFTAs out of the race for best actor and actress (Although Albrecht Schuch does have possibilities as a secondary) but he is in the rest of the main ones.
The film, which premiered on Netflix in September of last year, has gradually gained criticism and it has become the only streaming option this year to get that critical success that it craves so much. There is very little left to know yes, definitely, there is news on the front.