The Franco-Belga film ‘Emilia Pérez’ won the best non-English-speaking film award this Sunday, at the BAFTA Awards of the British Cinematography Academy, surpassing the Brazilian ‘Ainda Esteu here’ (‘I’m still here’), Two weeks from the Oscar.
‘Emilia Pérez’, directed by Jacques Audiard, a film about a Mexican drug trafficker That he undergoes gender change surgery, surpassed Walter Salles ‘still here’, set in the Brazilian military dictatorship (1964-1985). The other films that competed in the same category were ‘The light we imagine’, ‘Kneecap’ and ‘The seed of the Sacred Higuera’.
Zoe Saldaña, winner to BAFTA as a cast actress
The film starring Karla Sofía Gascón opts for another 11 awards, including best leading actress, a category in which the Spanish is nominated. Your cast partner, Zoe Saldaña, has been made with the BAFTA for Best Supporting Actress. The American adds another recognition for her role in the film after winning the Golden Globe last month.
‘Emilia Pérez’ was one of the films that left as favorites to the awards seasonbut the musical of the French director Jaques Audiard has suffered in his campaign after they came to light old tweets of its protagonist Karla Sofía Gascón, separating her from the race.
The Spanish has not been present in the red carpet of the Bafta, vetoed by Netflix after the controversy. The platform has erased the actress even from the posters while trying to save the furniture so that the tape has options for the Oscars that will be held at dawn from two to March three during Spanish. In this sense, the film has managed to overcome a first test of fire with this important prize.
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