Javier Bardem pays tribute to the Oscar-winning filmmakers with stories from 'No Country for Old Men,' while musical performances and onstage banter mark the Lyon celebration
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Joel and Ethan Coen accept Lumière Award, applauded by Frances McDormand, Javier Bardem, Benoît Magimel Oct. 16, 2026 Courtesy of the Lumiére Film Festival To the sound of the Gipsy Kings’ Spanish-language rendition of “Hotel California,” Joel and Ethan Coen took the stage at Lyon’s Lumière Film Festival on Friday evening to receive the Lumière Award, celebrating four decades of filmmaking with a characteristically irreverent tribute to the inventors of cinema.
“Thank you to the Lumières for inventing the movie camera, or we’d have been fucked,” joked Ethan, drawing laughs from the audience.
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