The Noms:
“Ajami” Israel
“The Milk of Sorrow (La Teta Asustada)” Peru
“A Prophet (Un Prophète)” France
“The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)” Argentina
“The White Ribbon (Das Weisse Band)” Germany
Who Will Win: The White Ribbon
Who Should Win: A Prophet
Who Won: The Secret in Their Eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos)
Commentary: Sony Pictures Classics wins! Wrong film though.
Update after the backlashing: I’m happy to see there are so many passionate defenders for The Secret in Their Eyes!
For the record: I’m a fan of the film, fan of White Ribbon (though it doesn’t rank among my Haneke favorites) and loved Audiard’s three past films.
Kudos to Campanella, three cheers for films with subtitles, hooray for Argentinean cinema (which this site continues to support!) but my personal favorite (and this is merely the opinion of one cinephile) is that A Prophet is the better film and that the Academy’s system for selecting not only the best picture winner but the noms is a faulty one.
