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Vive la France! Now here's a major coup for Canada!
Xavier Dolan's
Mommy just scored the prize for Best Foreign Film at the César Awards, which are France's equivalent of the Oscars. This win comes after Dolan's fourth nomination in the category and Canada's biggest win in France since 2003's
The Barbarian Invasions took top honours of Best Film, Director (Denys Arcand), and Screenplay.
Mommy trumped some strong competition at the awards: last year's Best Picture winner
12 Years a Slave, Cannes winner
Winter Sleep, and hot Oscar contenders
Boyhood,
The Grand Budapest Hotel,
Ida, and
Two Days, One Night. Dolan wasn't on hand to collect the prize, but he kept his speech short and sweet:
Other notable winners include Kristen Stewart for
Clouds of Sils Maria (the first American actress nominated in 30 years at the French honours), and Oscar nominee
Timbuktu, which was the big winner of the night earned Best Film for the French/Mauritanian co-pro.
