Emilia Pérez and The Brutalist swept the Golden Globes.

Emilia Pérez, a Spanish-language musical about a gender-switching Mexican drug lord, was a big winner at Sunday’s Golden Globe Awards.

The film won a total of four awards, including Best Supporting Actress for Zoe Saldaña and Best Comedy or Musical Film.

Trans actress Karla Sofía Gascón, who won the grand prize, told the audience: “I want to raise my voice and say to you, ‘I am who I am, not who you want me to be.’”

Other winners included Demi Moore and Kieran Culkin, while blockbuster Wicked won the Box Office Achievement Award.

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“My heart is full of gratitude,” said Saldanha, who won Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Spanish-language musical Emilia Pérez.

“I feel so blessed to be able to share this moment with my fellow candidates,” she continued. “I know this is a competition, but what I’ve seen is just us showing up for each other and celebrating each other, and it’s really beautiful.”

The film also won best non-English language film, with director Jacques Audiard appearing on stage with a French translator to accept the award.

“I hope Emilia Perez can be a beacon of light during these difficult times,” he said. “I want to send a comforting hug to those who are worried… keep your head high and hope for better days ahead.”

Moore was named Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy for her performance in the body horror The Substance. The film revitalized her career and saw her receive an Oscar nomination.

“I’m shocked right now. I really didn’t think that was going to happen,” Moore said on stage. “I’ve been doing this for over 45 years, but this is the first time I’ve won an award as an actor.”

Other winners include Kieran Culkin and Zoe Saldaña. and the TV series Baby Reindeer and Shōgun.

In her acceptance speech, Moore said, “Thirty years ago, I told a producer that I was a popcorn actor, and at the time, I meant that the award wasn’t for me, but that I could have it.” Do a movie that was a hit and made a lot of money, but didn’t receive any recognition.

“And I believed it and believed it. It eroded me over time and a few years ago I started thinking that maybe this was it, maybe I was whole, maybe I did what I had to do.

“And when I was at a low point, an original, original script called Substance showed up on my desk and the universe told me I wasn’t done yet.”

Sebastian Stan won Best Actor in a Musical or Comedy for A Different Man, in which he played a character who drastically changes his appearance.

“Our ignorance and discomfort about disabilities and appearances must end now. We must normalize it, continue to expose ourselves to it, and encourage acceptance in our children.”

Culkin won the best supporting actor award for “Real Pain,” a film about two cousins ​​who travel to Poland to honor their grandmother.

“The first recognition I got as an actor was being nominated for a Golden Globe when I was a kid. Now it’s like the best date night my wife and I have ever had,” he joked.

Director Jon M Chu honored the film and stage musical’s loyal fan base with Wicked’s box office win.

“This is for the fans who came to the movies and brought their friends and family. We saw your videos, your songs, your makeup, your hair products, your bakery items,” he said.

“In a time when pessimism and cynicism dominate the planet, the fact that we can still make art that is a radical act of optimism shows how important it is to make these objects.”

There were some surprising but welcome winners in the Animated Feature category, which saw box office juggernauts The Wild Robot and Inside Out 2 lose out to Flow, a film about animals who must work together to survive after a flood.

“This film was made by a very small, young but passionate team in a place without a big film industry. This is the first time a Latvian film has come here, so it’s a big deal for us.” Director Gints Zilbalodis said:

Elsewhere, Baby Reindeer was recognized by writer and producer Richard Gadd as the best limited edition TV series.

“A lot of people ask why such a dark show is so successful,” he said. “And I think in many ways people were crying out for something that spoke to the painful inconsistency of human existence.

“For a while there was this belief in television that stories that were too dark and complicated wouldn’t sell and no one would watch them. So I hope Baby Reindeer shatters that theory. With the current situation and people really struggling, the complex and difficult times of our time “You need a story that tells your personality.”

British actress Jessica Gunning was named Best Supporting TV Actress for her role as a stalker in the hit Netflix series.

In her acceptance speech, Gunning shared an anecdote about how she got a hamster as a Christmas present as a child and couldn’t believe this was happening to her. She said the phrase became “the soundtrack to my life this year.”

“Thank you Richard Gadd. Baby Reindeer has changed my life in ways I can’t even explain. I can’t believe this is happening to me,” she repeated. “She’d feel a little bad if I, the 8-year-old, didn’t.”

Irish actor Colin Farrell won his third Golden Globe Award for his role as Batman villain Penguin in the HBO series of the same name.

He joked on stage, saying, “I have no one to thank,” and “I did it all alone.”

“In the mornings, I drink black coffee and listen to 80s music, and it becomes a canvas for the team’s genius,” he said, recalling how it took him three hours to fit prosthetics to transform him into a bloated villain in a recent movie. “

Farrell also said: “Thank you for hiring me, and yes, I think prosthetics will be my future.”

The Golden Globes are the first major awards ceremony of the movie awards season, which culminates with the Oscars on March 2.

A win at the Globes could help raise the film’s profile at a critical time as Bafta and Oscar voters prepare to vote on nominations.