I was very disappointed in the Best
And what's with La Vie en Rose or whatever that movie's called? It's NOT a foreign film? If it is, it should be in that category and if it's not, it should be in English.
LA VIE EN ROSE is a foreign film, but foreign films are eligible in all other
categories as well. Last year, for instance, Pan's Labyrinth had six
nominations. Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon had something like
TEN nominations as a foreign film, including best picture.
I thought Marion Cotillard was the deserved winner this year.
To be eligible for nomination in the BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM category each country has a nominating committee recognized by the AMPAS. This year, for whatever the reason, the French committee did not select
La Vie en Rose as France's entry in the category. It was, as stated above, still eligible for nomination in every other category. Which is why Marit Allen was nominated for Best Costume Design, etc. I believe the French committee put forward
Persepolis as France's entry. (Ironically, it did not make the final five in the Best Foreign Language Film category, but did get nominated as Best Animated Film, which it lost to
Ratatouille)
Sophia Loren won the Best actress Oscar way back in 1961 for
Two Women, which was in Italian. And Roberto Begigni won Best Actor in 1998 for
Life is Beautiful, also in Italian. (Sir Ian McKellan was robbed - he was nominated, but did not win, for
Gods and Monsters.)