When the Spanish Academy decided to send 'Second Prize' to the Oscars, in a very powerful year for international cinema (there are things like 'Emilia Pérez', 'I'm Still Here', 'Flow' or 'The Seed of the Sacred Fig Tree' ', among others), most of us already imagined that On March 3 we wouldn't exactly be biting our nails to see if Isaki Lacuesta would go up to the Dolby Theater stage to collect his Oscar. Not because it's bad, mind you. The thing is that, as usual, in Spain we choose the film that we like the most (a sui generis biography of Los Planetas), even if Americans don't understand it. And this is how our hair looks.
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Obviously, we have to talk about the big winner of the night, even if in the end she doesn't end up taking home the prize: Karla Sofia Gascón, born in Alcobendas and resident in Madridwho is not only Spanish, but also the first trans woman to be nominated for an Oscar. Don't worry, if this information bothers you a lot for whatever reason. You can throw bile in the comments towards the absurd emptiness of the Internet.
And that's it. We could also talk about Julia Floch Carbonel, nominated for best makeup and hairstyling also for 'Emilia Pérez', which She is the daughter of Spaniards but has developed her entire career in Francesince his first work in 2006, with films like 'Paris, District 13' or 'Dogman'. If you need to support someone from your country as if it were a soccer match, You can always grasp at straws.
Although at the beginning of awards season many of us were confident that Pedro Almodóvar was going to arrive stronger at the Oscars with 'The Room Next Door', the truth is that it has gone completely empty (perhaps it would have gotten the nomination for best international film, if we had sent it). The same has happened with other options such as 'The Wait', which was among the possible nominees for best film but whose nomination represented an impossible triple not only from another field, but from another different stage. In fact, the one chosen for glory, 'Second Prize', didn't even end up making the shortlist.
The short films have not had any luck either.despite reaching the shortlist, by Álex Lora ('The Great Work') and Dani Feixas ('Paris 70'). Come on, all hopes are placed on Karla Sofía Gascón. Will the Oscar be brought to Madrid, to take it around the different presentations of 'Emilia Pérez' in cinemas? Let's cross our fingers.
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