The Oscars' annual race for the title of the best picture of the year ended with a dramatic turn – Alejandro González Iñárritu's "Birdman" beat the favorite, Richard Linklater's "Boyhood."
Mexican
director Iñárritu also took home the Best Director award.
“Birdman” is an ironical tragi-comedy that tells the story of a forgotten actor who once was famous for his role of a superhero Birdman trying to regain his popularity.
Film received four awards in total. Its main rival, “Boyhood,” famous for being filmed for 12 years, won nothing but the Best Supporting Actress – the award was taken by Patricia Arquette.
Wes Anderson’s “The Grand Budapest Hotel” appeared to be one of the most awarded films as well. It got four “technical” awards, including
Best Production Design, Best Costumes, Best Makeup and Hairstyling and Best
Original Score.
The 2015 Oscars wasn’t lucky for the acclaimed Russian movie “Leviathan” that lost the Best Foreign Picture
nomination to Pawel Pawlikowski’s “Ida” – a story about a young nun who embarks
on a road trip into the Polish countryside to discover a dark family secret
dating back to the years of the Nazi occupation.
The rest of
the winners weren’t surprising for critics and audience. Despite Eddie Redmayne saying that he was lucky to win the Oscar,
his win was hardly a matter of luck. His performance as Stephen
Hawking suffering from a motor neuron disease in the biopic “The Theory of Everything” has
already brought him the Best Actor nominations at BAFTA, Critics’ Choice Awards, and The Golden Globe.
