The 47th National Society of Film Critics Awards, given on 5 January 2013, honored the best in film for 2012. [1] [2]
47th NSFC Awards
January 5, 2013
Best Film:
Amour
Film titles are listed in order of placings:
1. Amour
2. The Master
3. Zero Dark Thirty
1. Michael Haneke – Amour
2. Kathryn Bigelow – Zero Dark Thirty
2. Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
1. Daniel Day-Lewis – Lincoln
2. Denis Lavant – Holy Motors
2. Joaquin Phoenix – The Master
1. Emmanuelle Riva – Amour
2. Jennifer Lawrence – Silver Linings Playbook
3. Jessica Chastain – Zero Dark Thirty
1. Matthew McConaughey – Bernie and Magic Mike
2. Tommy Lee Jones – Lincoln
3. Philip Seymour Hoffman – The Master
1. Amy Adams – The Master
2. Sally Field – Lincoln
3. Anne Hathaway – Les Misérables
1. Tony Kushner – Lincoln
2. Paul Thomas Anderson – The Master
3. David O. Russell – Silver Linings Playbook
1. Mihai Mălaimare Jr. – The Master
2. Roger Deakins – Skyfall
3. Greig Fraser – Zero Dark Thirty
1. The Gatekeepers
2. This Is Not a Film
3. Searching for Sugar Man
Emmanuelle Riva was a French actress, best known for her roles in the films Hiroshima mon amour (1959) and Amour (2012).
Amour is a 2012 French-language romantic drama film written and directed by the Austrian filmmaker Michael Haneke, starring Jean-Louis Trintignant, Emmanuelle Riva and Isabelle Huppert. The narrative focuses on an elderly couple, Anne and Georges, who are retired music teachers with a daughter who lives abroad. Anne has a stroke that paralyses the right side of her body. The film is a co-production among the French, German, and Austrian companies Les Films du Losange, X-Filme Creative Pool, and Wega Film.
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