Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A mara ọkwa ndị mmeri n'oge ememe inye onyinye na February 26, 2012. "The Artist" bụ ihe nkiri nke abụọ na-adịghị ekwu okwu nke meriri ihe nkiri kacha mma. Ihe nkiri "Wings" nke afọ 1927 bụ ihe nkiri mbụ dị otú ahụ nke nwetara ihe nrite a na
emume inye onyinye mmeghe na 1929. Tụkwasị na nke ahụ, ọ bụkwa ihe nkiri ojii na nke ọcha mbụ meriri ihe nkiri kasị mma kemgbe "Schindler's List" nke 1993. Onye meriri ya bụ Jean Dujardin bụ onye mbụ na-eme ihe nkiri na mba Fransị ritere Oscars. Site na mmeri ya kachasị ọhụrụ maka Best Actress, Meryl Streep ghọrọ onye nke ise na-eme ihe nkiri iji merie ma ọ dịkarịa ala Oscars atọ na-eme ihe nkiri.