Oscar tribute: forgetting Charlbi Dean is ‘a shame, a lack of respect’

It is a scandal that deserves to be discussed more. On the occasion of the 95th Academy Awards, held in Los Angeles this Sunday, March 12, the Academy omitted several personalities from the world of cinema in the In memoryhis traditional editing in homage to the disappeared of the past year.

Charlbi Dean forgotten when he was the star of the famous Without a filter

If the In memory was introduced by John Travolta’s moving tribute to his playing partner in FatOlivia Newton-John, who died in August 2022 of breast cancer, other great actresses didn’t get the worthy tribute they deserved.

Among these unjustifiable omissions there are in fact two actresses whose absence has been particularly noted by internet users: Charlbi Dean and Anne Heche. On social media, many women have expressed themselves their amazement and their angerdenouncing an incomprehensible act and a lack of respect.

Indeed, this omission is all the more inexplicable in this Charlbi Dean played the lead female role in Without filterin which he had delivered a remarkable performanceof rare complexity. Ruben Östlund’s film was one of the favorites of the competition : had been nominated in three of the most prestigious categories of the Oscars — that of Best Film, Best Director and Best Original Screenplay.

“How could you forget Charlbi Dean in In Memoriam while starring in one of the favorite nominated films, it’s a lack of respect »

“The fact that the academy did not pay tribute to Charlbi Dean while Sans Filtre had 3 nominations this is crazy, shame on you. »

“I don’t know, not including one of the protagonists of #SansFiltre in In Memorium seems like a HUGE oversight. #Oscar #CharlbiDean »

A particularly shocking death at 32 years old

Without filter it was particularly acclaimed by critics and the public and was especially awarded the prize Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2022. But despite this flamboyant success, the film had been hit with a particularly heartbreaking tragedy at the time of the brutal death of Charlbi Dean on August 29th, at just 32 years old. The young actress had been carried away by a lung infection as rare as it is fulminating.

Of South African descent, the latter was model from the age of 6, therefore actress at 20 years old. She had particularly distinguished herself in South African films spud 1 AND spud 2 as well as in the DC series Black lightning. With Without filter, his career was probably on the verge of a decisive takeoff.

The moving tribute of the actress Dolly de Leon

As for adjust this lack of memory by Charlbi Dean, his acting partner in Without filteractress filipina Dolly de Leon posted a photo of the late actress on Instagram. The caption reads a In memoryas sober as it is moving, which we would have liked to see during the Oscar ceremony.

In Ruben Östlund’s film, the two women formed a relationship as unexpected as it is ambiguous and touchingwhich was one of the film’s greatest qualities.

At the Oscars, women are invisible until they die

If the Oscars have drawn the ire of Internet users to such an extent, it is because Charlbi Dean’s absence was not an isolated case. Indeed, famous actress Anne Heche was also knocked out of the streak giftin which personalities such as Jean-Luc Godard, Ray Liotta and Irene Cara were celebrated.

” Gone, but certainly not forgotten. Take the time to remember the artists and filmmakers we lost in 2022-2023. »

The American actress passed away on August 11, 2022 at the age of 53 years old. After a very violent double car accident in Los Angeles, she was plunged into a coma from which she never woke up, due to a severe brain injury. As for Charlbi Dean, her forgetfulness of In Memoriam is incomprehensible, especially as Anne Heche was the protagonist of great works of the seventh art such as Donnie Brasco OR Six days, seven nights.

For now, the Academy of the Oscars did not comment on these omissions.