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The Academy of Oscars unveils the “shortlist” of 15 films for the Oscar for best foreign film Tuesday evening. “Reinas” by Klaudia Reynicke, a Swiss-Peruvian-Spanish co-production, is in the running to represent Switzerland in the great competition of American cinema.
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December 17, 2024 – 09:58
(Keystone-ATS) In “Reinas” by Klaudia Reynicke, a mother wants to leave Lima for the United States with her two daughters, leaving behind their father, who has little to offer them. This decision was motivated by the economic crisis, political unrest and lack of prospects in Peru in the 1990s.
Already sold in fifteen territories, the film was released in American cinemas at the end of November, we read in a press release from Swiss Films. Selected at the Sundance Film Festival, it won a Generation Kplus prize at the Berlinale and the audience prize at the Piazza Grande in Locarno.
Several other Swiss talents
Several other Swiss talents can hope to join the race for the Oscar for their participation in international productions. These include Zurich producer Karl Spoerri, who co-produced the fiction feature “Thelma”, also screened at the Sundance Film Festival.
Thelma, 93, lives alone in Los Angeles. One day, she receives a call telling her that her grandson has been arrested and that she must pay $10,000 to have him released. This is what she does, but quickly realizes that she has been the victim of a telephone scam. With the police not being of much help, the sturdy retiree launches an independent investigation to stop the crook.
A nonagenarian actress
June Squibb, 95, is playing the first leading role of her career. She could make cinema history by becoming the oldest person ever nominated for an Oscar.
The Baldenweg siblings – Diego, Lionel and Nora –, who composed the music for the Irish film “In the land of saints and sinners” with Liam Neeson in the lead role of a retired killer, can hope for a nomination in the category “Original Score” (original music).
Director, co-author and co-producer of the German production “September 5”, the Swiss Tim Fehlbaum has entered the race for the Oscar in several categories. His film was also nominated for a Golden Globe. On this day in 1972, Palestinian terrorists took eleven Israeli athletes hostage at the Munich Olympics.
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