The U.K. film industry showered Valentine’s Day love on “The Revenant” Sunday, awarding the endurance epic five prizes, including best picture, at the British Academy Film Awards.
Leonardo DiCaprio cemented his Oscar-favorite status by taking the best-actor trophy for playing a bear-battling fur trapper in a brutally wild American West.
“The Revenant” filmmaker Alejandro G. Inarritu was named best director for what he called a “human and tender story.”
DiCaprio, who has been nominated three times before at the British awards without winning, said he was “absolutely humbled” to beat fellow finalists Matt Damon, Bryan Cranston, Michael Fassbender and Eddie Redmayne.