At the 2009 Academy Awards there was an upset in the 'Foreign Language Film' category. Before the ceremony most viewers were betting on either The Class or Waltz With Bashir to beat out the other three nominees, which included Revanche, The Baader Meinhoff Complex, and the eventual winner, Departures.
After the film's surprise win many were quite vocally opposed to the film's win, claiming it to be an example of the Academy's failure to take risks and be some modicum of political or cutting edge. While Waltz With Bashir was groundbreaking and fairly controversial, and The Class was more popular and more widely seen, there's got to be a reason that Departures won, right?
Well, yeah...
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