“You can maybe put us in prison, you can beat us, but you can never take away our soul, our resistance, our identity,” said Karla Sofía Gascón, the transgender actress who plays the heroine of the film .
Awarded at Cannes, the Spanish actress has not had the same success with Hollywood. She lost to Demi Moore, who won best actress in a comedy for her very committed performance in another French film, “The Substance.”
Demi Moore admitted to having herself been afraid of becoming an aging actress and thanked the Frenchwoman for “this magical, daring, courageous, off the beaten track, completely crazy script”, which allowed her to finally be recognized during a major ceremony.
“I’m in shock,” insisted the actress. “I’ve been doing this for a long time, over 45 years, and this is the first time I’ve won anything as an actress.”
The Golden Globes separate comedies and dramas in their awards.
In the rest of the cinematographic and television charts. Brazilian actress Fernanda Torres notably created a surprise against major competitors like Angelina Jolie (“Maria”) and Nicole Kidman (“Babygirl”).
