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(Bloomberg) -- Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist won the top prizes in their respective comedy and drama categories at the Golden Globes film and television awards on Sunday.
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Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language film from streaming service Netflix Inc. that blended the musical, crime and comedy genres, won Best Picture — Musical or Comedy, after receiving a total of 10 nominations. The Globes’ voting members, most of whom are in the foreign press, handed the award to a film starring trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón.
“I am who I am, not who you want,” she said in accepting the award. The movie also won the award for best international picture. Upon accepting the prize for that category, director Jacques Audiard said he hoped the film would serve as a “beacon of light” in a changing political environment.
The Brutalist, which won Best Picture — Drama, stars Adrien Brody as a Hungarian-born Jewish architect who survives the Holocaust and achieves acclaim after emigrating to the US. Brody took home a statue for best actor and the film also brought another best director award for Brady Corbet, following his Silver Lion win at its premiere at the Venice film festival in September.
Accepting the best drama award, Corbet thanked “everyone who bet on the film that kept falling apart.” He also gave a shoutout to fellow filmmakers to follow their instinct. “I was told the film was undistributable. That no one would come out and see it. I was told the film wouldn’t work... Films don’t exist without the filmmakers. Let’s support them.”
The movie was released in the US by art house studio A24 in December. The international distribution rights were acquired by Focus Features, the specialty arm of Comcast Corp.’s Universal Pictures, last February.
Emilia Pérez, The Brutalist and Conclave had the most nominations going into Sunday night’s ceremony in Beverly Hills. All three were named in the American Film Institute’s list of the top 10 movies of 2024.
The Brutalist had 7 nominations, while the papal thriller Conclave from Focus Features scored 6. Conclave, which stars Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal tasked with leading the appointment of a new pope, won the award for best screenplay.
Before the ceremony, the movies with the best odds of winning their top categories were from studios including A24 and Focus, which specialize in low to mid-budget productions. Prediction websites AwardsWatch.com and GoldDerby.com both speculated that The Brutalist, which has grossed $1.2 million at the box office since its release in December, would win Best Picture — Drama, with Conclave a close runner-up. Anora, which has grossed $31 million since its release in October, was predicted by some observers to win Best Picture — Musical or Comedy.