'Anatomy of a Fall' writer and director Justine Triet shares her feelings about being a first time nominee, working with Messi the dog on set and more at the 2024 Oscars.
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00:00 How does it feel to be here tonight as a first-time nominee?
00:03 Yeah, it means a lot. I'm a little stressed now, but it's okay.
00:09 I will manage the day and fortunately I have Asia to help me.
00:14 No, no, it means a lot of course for us.
00:17 You know, we are a very small movie in France and to be just aside this huge production,
00:23 we're like, okay, we are so lucky. It's our year, definitely, since Cannes, yeah.
00:29 Messi, the dog, had such an amazing award season journey.
00:32 We're sad he's not here tonight. How much are you missing him on this red carpet?
00:36 He's not here? We know he's not here.
00:38 Yeah, yeah, of course. He stole everything at the lunch for the Oscars.
00:44 So yeah, of course. It was so interesting to work with him.
00:49 He's an excellent actor and I think, yeah, I learned a lot of things about dogs on this movie because of him.
00:58 I had such a great time meeting him at the press junket, Messi, the dog.
01:03 Do you have a favorite memory of working with him on set?
01:06 Yeah, it was not his best day.
01:14 It was the first shot in the movie, the ball is falling in the stairs
01:22 and it was impossible to shoot this part because we had to shoot him just...
01:31 He needed to come down the stairs.
01:36 And take the ball in the mouth and just look at the girls who were talking.
01:43 And this day, we had to put the ball in the glue to...
01:49 To slow the ball down, they needed to drench it in glue.
01:52 And it was really... I think we did 30 takes. I don't remember exactly, but it was so...
01:58 Yeah, yeah. There are a lot of very funny stories about him, yeah.
02:02 (laughing)
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