Canada’s next Oscar entry is C.R.A.Z.Y.
C.R.A.Z.Y. has been chosen to represent Canada at the 78th annual Academy Awards in the category of best foreign language film.
The Quebec film recently won the best Canadian feature award at the Toronto International Film Festival.
C.R.A.Z.Y. is Jean-Marc Vall√àe’s homage to the pop culture-saturated middle class of the 1970s. Variety.com’s Jay Weissberg called it a “bouncy coming-of-age tale that coasts along on a terrific soundtrack and a spot-on feel for period detail.”
Oscar nominations will be announced in Hollywood Jan. 31. Last year, 50 countries competed for a coveted nomination.
The Academy Awards will be handed out March 5.
The decision to go with C.R.A.Z.Y. was announced by Telefilm. It chairs a committee of Canadian film industry delegates that considered 12 eligible films.
In 2004, Denys Arcand’s The Barbarian Invasions won the foreign language film prize.
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