The HBO series Big Little Lies , directed by Montreal director Jean-Marc Vallée, is nominated for trophies for the Golden Globes ceremony on January 7th.
She is in particular in the category of the best miniseries or film made for television.
For his part, Toronto actor Eric McCormack is in the category of best actor in a musical for his role in Will and Grace .
Another Canadian, Christopher Plummer, is nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his role in All the Money in the World .
The Breadwinner , a Canadian co-production, is nominated in the category of best animated film.
The Shape of Water tops nominations
The fantasy drama The Shape of Water leads nominations for the Golden Globes, the prestigious film and television awards that open a haunted price season with an avalanche of sex scandals shaking Hollywood.
It is followed by the journalistic thriller Pentagon Papers , last Steven Spielberg, which displays six nominations like 3 Billboards, the panels of revenge .
The delicate film about the transition to adulthood of a teenager Lady Bird , was also part of the titles with the most quotes (4) as well as Dunkirk and All the money of the world (3).
Ridley Scott’s latest film chronicles the kidnapping of grandson J. Paul Getty’s grandson, and had to be back in a rush due to a scandal involving his actor Kevin Spacey.
Surprise: his actor Christopher Plummer, who replaced Kevin Spacey at the last minute in late November following multiple accusations of sexual assault against sometimes minor men, is named in the supporting roles of male.
He faces Willem Dafoe for The Florida Project , a girl raised by a drugged mother and prostitute, Armie Hammer for Call Me by Your Name , Richard Jenkins ( The Shape of Water ) and Sam Rockwell ( 3 Billboards ).
In actresses, Jessica Chastain is quoted for The Great Game , thriller adapted memories of a former ski champion who has animated illegal gambling for stars and large fortunes.
Her rivals are Meryl Streep ( Pentagon Papers ), Michelle Williams, the mother of a wealthy heir captured in All the Money of the World , Sally Hawkins ( The Shape of Water ), and Frances McDormand, who impressed critics in mother of a murdered child who asks for justice ( 3 Billboards ).
In the best actor category, Timothée Chalamet is quoted for Call me by your name . Revelation 2017, it is also on the bill of Lady Bird . Daniel Day-Lewis faces him for Phantom Thread which should be his last feature: The cult actor announced his retirement a few months ago.
Tom Hanks ( Pentagon Papers ), Gary Oldman in Winston Churchill ( Dark Hours ) and Denzel Washington ( Roman J. Israel, Esq ) are also in the running for this award.
The last Angelina Jolie selected
Among actresses in a miniseries or a television movie, Jessica Biel is named murderous for The Sinner , Nicole Kidman beaten woman and Reese Witherspoon tormented mother for Big Little Lies , as well as Jessica Lange and Susan Sarandon in Feud : Bette and Joan .
These last two mini-series dominate the competition in the television category.
As for animation films, Baby Boss , Parvana, a childhood in Afghanistan , Coco – the last Disney / Pixar, a favorite – Ferdinand and Loving Vincent are selected.
Disappointment: the French film 120 beats per minute , which represents France for the race for the Oscar for best foreign language film, was not selected in this category in the “Globes”.
The Square , the 2017 Palme d’Or, Swedish satire on contemporary art with Elisabeth Moss and Dominic West, is selected, as well as First They Killed My Father , American-Cambodian drama directed by superstar Angelina Jolie.
In the Fade , a French-German co-production performed by Diane Kruger, is also in the running.
The Golden Globes, awarded by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA), a small club of some 90 members compared to about 6,000 Academy members who vote in the Oscars, are less representative but still among the film awards and the most popular television.
They will be handed out on January 7th and are an indicator of films with good chances for the Oscars.
The glamor of these worldwide ceremonies, however, will be tarnished by the series of sex scandals unveiled in Hollywood since the beginning of the case of Harvey Weinstein, the producer accused by a hundred women of harassment, sexual assault or rape.
Filmmaker Brett Ratner, comedian and comedian Louis CK, and studio executives John Lasseter (Disney animated films) and Roy Price (Amazon) have also been charged with various abusive sexual behaviors, among many other personalities.
