The success of European cinema at the Oscars

"The fact that we had to wait half a century after Simone Signoret's triumph for a French artist to be crowned by Hollywood again says a lot about the importance of the event", writes Pierre Fréhel following the consecration of the Frenchwoman Marion Cotillard as best actress for her interpretation of Edith Piaf in 'La Vie en Rose'. "[Some will see this] as a sign, if not of the good state of French cinema, at least of the incontestable revenge of a French culture that has been little too buried by the American media. Still fresh in our minds is the polemic triggered a few months ago by an investigation carried out by Time Magazine which announced the irremediable decline of French culture. It would no doubt be going a bit far to transform Marion Cotillard into a banner-bearer for France's cultural renewal. She certainly has no such ambition herself. This is after all only a film and an actress."

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