The difference from last year, with history ex aequothere were no big surprises at the 40th Goya Awards gala. Victoria d Los DomingosAlauda Ruiz de Azúa, it seemed so clear that RTVE programmed the creator’s previous film, Cinco lobitos, just after the retransmission. However, this was not the film that Goya wanted until An orphanby Oliver Lax. The Galician filmmaker’s film started with 11 nominations and won six Los Domingoswith 13, went for five.
Her sister seemed to be the star at Laxe’s side throughout the gala, where she was honored with three awards: original score (Kangding Ray), editing (Cristóbal Fernández), sound (Amanda Villavieja, Laia Casanovas and Yasmina Praderas), production direction (Oriol Maymó), photography (Mauro Herce) and direction de arte (Laia Ateca). But when you get to the “big” categories, the cart slows down.
The case was very different Los Domingos which started the night with Goya as the best actress para department Nagore Aranburubut I have to wait until the last minute to rise as the real winner of the night and claim the prizes, Best Picture, Director, Cast and Lead Actress (Patricia López Arnaiz).
Some people hope fairer separation in these categoriesespecially the best direction for Lax and your weight rave for the desert, but for the creator No one had the opportunity to suffer the scenario. The same, in a small intervention at the gala, I said that she would be happy to receive this award and “retain the favor of her companions”.
Rigoberta Bandini, master of ceremonies, replied: “In red they undressed contigo, but now I believe that the most disturbing thing we can do is to take care of you. Shall I hug you?”. In the end, this hug was the only cuteness I could strive for again.
Another of the great ausencias were Sergi López nomination for best actor in a leading role, This is a father who goes through hell to get his hija en An orphan. Although Goya seemed to stick with the name José Ramón Soroiz from the beginning, it was reasonable to think that the Catalan actor, with a very international career and four nominations before the award, would meet at least one of the nominees.
However, it is impossible to talk about the complete demise of the Academy An orphan. Don’t forget to be the movie you were sure was going to the Oscars because of Romeria — to him who received the sword in Goyas — and de Deafanother of the nocturnal ganadoras. Of course it looks that way Los Domingos It was too late for this track, but it is quite likely that academics, familiar with the rules of Hollywood, would be inclined to the visual spectacle Orphan, far more exportable than any intimacy.
There is no doubt that Laxe’s film is nominated for Best International Film and Best Sound. Yes, good the first category seems to have been lostwith rivals de la talla de Sentimental value (Goya’s shot at the best European film) or Secret Agent; there is still some hope in the sound, with the historic nomination of a team made up entirely of three women for the first time.
This double nomination is not an unreleased hit like in the movies Hable with herPedro Almodóvar, they signed a double and ironically it was he who won the Oscar while he won the Goya. Fireplace An orphan So the status may be more complete, but it serves to confirm the film, which, with the support of Agustín Almodóvar in production, appears in this short list of films that succeeded at the Oscars and became a phenomenon for many reasons.
Pase lo que pase next March 15 At the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, Oliver Laxe did something equally difficult: to stay in the European industry while looking directly at Spanish cinema.
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