Oscar Predictions: Coward


Lukas Dhont’s Coward has drawn attention at the Cannes Film Festival. The World War I drama/love story saw its two leads Valentin Campagne and Emmanuel Macchia share a Best Actor prize. This is Dhont’s follow-up to 2022’s Close which was an Oscar nominee for International Feature Film, falling short to All Quiet on the Western Front.

The 100% Rotten Tomatoes score is more balanced by the 68 on Metacritic. Coward‘s most effusive reviews, however, indicate it has a major shot at inclusion in IFF when Belgium likely makes it the submission. An elevation to Best Picture is a reach for the Mubi distributed title. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…

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