The prestigious 2024 Golden Globe Awards have already been held. The most famous awards in the film and television industry, second only to the Oscars in this first segment, have already arrived and, as usual, have left us with all kinds of surprises.
Although the most awarded films have been Oppenheimer and Poor Creatures, the favorites for the Oscars, as well as previously awarded series like Succession or The Bear, there have also been surprises at the Golden Globes. And one of the biggest surprises has been The Ones Who Stay, a film that has won the best male performance in a musical or comedy film.
The surprise film of the Golden Globes
Directed by Alexander Payne, the filmmaker behind Nebraska and Sideways, the film was released on January 3rd in Spain and has already had a long journey in the United States. It is not one of the highest-grossing films, but it has managed to become a phenomenon among critics, and it is clear that its journey could not have been better.
The movie focuses on Paul Hunham, a grumpy teacher from a prestigious American school, who is forced to stay on campus during Christmas vacation to take care of a handful of students who have nowhere to go. Against all odds, living together will lead him to forge an unusual bond with one of them, a smart and troubled boy with his own traumas, and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
Starring the charismatic Paul Giamatti and a virtually unknown Dominic Sessa, The Ones Who Stay has emerged as a film to be reckoned with in an awards season where anything can happen. Undoubtedly, beyond Oppenheimer and Poor Things, anyone can surprise.
