A boozy Mads Mikkelsen comedy from Denmark, a Netflix musical drama from Mexico and an elderly lesbian romance from France are among the Oscars hopefuls …
A boozy Mads Mikkelsen comedy from Denmark, a Netflix musical drama from Mexico and an elderly lesbian romance from France are among the Oscars hopefuls on the best foreign film shortlist announced Tuesday. Fifteen contenders for the international feature film Academy Award were selected from 93 eligible submissions, and will be whittled down to five nominees next month, before April’s Oscars ceremony. Danish tragicomedy « Another Round » stars former James Bond villain Mikkelsen as a middle-aged alcoholic who vows to get drunk every day, as part of a pseudoscientific experiment featuring three fellow school teachers. The movie, which bagged a Golden Globe nomination last week, debuted at last year’s Toronto festival, and was dubbed an « engaging tribute to friendship, family and bacchanalian hedonism in moderation » by The Hollywood Reporter.
