(MENAFN) The 95th Academy Awards ceremony saw the unlikely triumph of the metaphysical multiverse comedy "Everything Everywhere All at Once," which won the coveted Best Picture award, as well as several other awards. The film, directed by Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, won a total of seven Oscars, including Best Actress for Michelle Yeoh, Best Director for the Daniels, and Best Actor for Brendan Fraser.
Despite being worlds apart from traditional Oscar contenders, the indie hit from A24 proved to be a heavyweight in the awards season. The anarchic film, which features everything from everything bagels to googly-eyed rocks to a messy tax audit, tells the eccentric story of a Chinese immigrant family and blends science fiction and alternate realities. Released in March 2022, the film helped revive arthouse cinemas during the pandemic and raked in over $100 million in ticket sales. It also managed to beat out both blockbusters like "Top Gun: Maverick" and critical darlings like "Tar" and "The Banshees of Inisherin."
Michelle Yeoh made history as the first Asian woman to win Best Actress, receiving the award for her performance in "Everything Everywhere All at Once." Yeoh's portrayal relied on her acting skills and kung fu abilities, making her win all the more impressive. She dedicated the award to her mother and "all the moms in the world," as did director Kwan in his acceptance speech.
Meanwhile, the Daniels became the third directing pair to win the award, following in the footsteps of Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins ("West Side Story") and Joel and Ethan Coen ("No Country for Old Men"). Brendan Fraser, who underwent a physical transformation to play a reclusive professor in "The Whale," won
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