French director Jacques Audiard said he was "thrilled" after his musical Emilia Perez scooped 13 Oscar nominations this week, a record for a non-English-language film. His compatriot Coralie Fargeat and her film The Substance, starring Demi Moore, got five nods, including for best director.
Emilia Perez – the surreal telling of the gender transition of a Mexican drug lord – picked up nominations for best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay and best international film, as well as nods in the song, score and sound categories.
