The 80th Academy Awards had a pleasant European feeling this year, with Parisian-born Marion Cotillard, Londoners Daniel Day Lewis and Tilda Swinton and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria native Javier Bardem taking golden statuettes back to the Old Continent.

Brothers Joel and Ethan Coen were the exception to the rule Sunday night at the 80th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, as they received Oscars for best directors as well as for best adapted screenplay, in honor of their film “No Country for Old Men,” an adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name. “No Country for Old Men” was also announced as the year’s best picture at the Kodak Theatre ceremony.

The Coens are born and raised in the U. S. and it is this that sets them apart from most of the other big winners Sunday night.

Awarded in the best actress category was French actress Marion Cotillard, for her critically acclaimed portrayal of legendary singer Edith Piaf in “La Vie en Rose.” The performance has also earned the 32-year-old Cotillard the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress and the BAFTA award for Leading Actress this year.

Another European dweller that triumphed at the ceremony was actor Daniel Day-Lewis, perhaps the event’s most anticipated victor, for his portrayal of a cold-blooded oil tycoon in “There Will Be Blood,” a film directed, written, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson, based on Upton Sinclair’s 1927 novel “Oil!”

“There Will Be Blood” was also nominated in the best picture and best director categories.

Javier Bardem’s on-screen personification of a psychopathic assassin in “No Country for Old Men” brought him the honor of being the first ever Spanish actor to receive an Academy Award nomination – and he added the actual trophy to the nomination Sunday.

The Spaniard had previously taken home the Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role, as well as the Screen Actors Guild Award and BAFTA Award for the same performance.

Rounding up the victorious European thesps at the Academy Awards was British national Tilda Swinton, who received an Oscar for her portrayal of a ruthless lawyer in “Michael Clayton,” a legal drama which also had nods in the best picture category and best actor, for George Clooney.

Here's the complete list of winners at the 80th annual Academy Awards:

Best Motion Picture: “No Country for Old Men.”

Lead Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, “There Will Be Blood.”

Lead Actress: Marion Cotillard, “La Vie en Rose.”

Supporting Actor: Javier Bardem, “No Country for Old Men.”

Supporting Actress: Tilda Swinton, “Michael Clayton.”

Director: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men.” Foreign Language Film: “The Counterfeiters,” Austria.

Adapted Screenplay: Joel Coen and Ethan Coen, “No Country for Old Men.”

Original Screenplay: Diablo Cody, “Juno.”

Animated Feature Film: “Ratatouille.”

Art Direction: “Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.”

Cinematography: “There Will Be Blood.”

Sound Mixing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”

Sound Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”

Original Score: “Atonement,” Dario Marianelli.

Original Song: “Falling Slowly” from “Once,” Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova.

Costume: “Elizabeth: The Golden Age.”

Documentary Feature: “Taxi to the Dark Side.”

Documentary Short Subject: “Freeheld.”

Film Editing: “The Bourne Ultimatum.”

Makeup: “La Vie en Rose.”

Animated Short Film: “Peter & the Wolf.”

Live Action Short Film: “Le Mozart des Pickpockets”

Visual Effects: “The Golden Compass”

Academy Award winners previously announced this year: Honorary and technical Oscars: Robert Boyle; Eastman Kodak Co.; David A. Grafton.