this 2022, Netflix he has captured the attention of his millions of subscribers with proposals such as I am Georgina, We are dead and Through my window. However, the streaming giant also boasts select content with which it hopes to compete in important ceremonies focused on cinema.
In this way, after positioning different titles in awards such as the Golden Globes, the BAFTAs and others, the next goal of the big red N is to be crowned as the queen of the night in the Oscar 2022whose full list of nominees is shortly to be announced.
The 2022 Oscars will take place next March. Photo: composition/The Republic
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In that sense, beyond the acclaimed films that have hit theaters, fans are eager to know what Netflix proposals would be in the running to take home the long-awaited golden statuette for best film.
For this reason, international portals such as Variety, Forbes and Vanity Fair have issued some of the possible mentions that the aforementioned streaming would achieve at the Academy Awards. Next, we leave you a list of some of the most famous possibilities.
the power of the dog
The year is 1925. Phil and George Burbank are brothers who own a ranch in Montana, but they don’t get along very well. While the former is a stern man who does not hesitate to strike fear into his workers due to his frivolous presence, the latter is the opposite side of the coin.
Their relationship reaches a different point when George decides to marry Rose, the town’s widow who owns a restaurant, which she runs with her son, Peter. When the new spouses decide to live together in the Burbank house, the new family will have to deal with a new challenge: overcome the uncomfortable presence of Phil and his constant mistreatment.
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don’t look up
Don’t Look Up brings us closer to two Michigan State University astronomers, Dr. Kate Dibiasky and her senior professor Dr. Randall Mindy. However, their lives take a 180 degree turn when they make a shocking discovery: a giant asteroid is headed straight for Earth and threatens to wipe out all life.
In that situation, both scientists are forced to warn the entire world of the imminent extinction of humanity. To do this, they team up with a NASA expert, Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe, whose expertise will help them inform the United States Government.
Unfortunately for them and for the entire planet, the president of the country is Janie Orleans, a woman known to be a narcissist who cares more about her own image than her nation.
In addition to this, the media is also reluctant to seriously share any information related to the looming catastrophe. In fact, they take this apocalypse as a mockery.
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the dark daughter
Alone, on a vacation by the sea, Leda Caruso is captivated by a young mother and her daughter whom she watches on the beach. Troubled by her attractive relationship and by her extended family, the protagonist is overwhelmed by her own memories of the terror, confusion, and intensity of her early motherhood.
However, an impulsive act sends Caruso into the strange and ominous world of her own mind, where she is forced to confront the unconventional decisions she made as a young mother and their consequences.
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Tick, tick…Boom!
“On the cusp of his 30th birthday, a promising young theater composer navigates love, friendship, and the pressures of life as an artist in New York City,” recites the official synopsis.
Unlike other movies starring Andrew Garfield, Tick, tick…Boom! It is a tape conceived as a musical. Its exciting plot is a film adaptation of the autobiographical staging that Jonathan Larson uses to recount his own experiences. In that sense, its development has a theater great in the director’s chair: Lin-Manuel Miranda.
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passing
Passing is an adaptation of Nella Larsen’s celebrated 1929 novel of the same name, which tells the story of two black women, Irene Redfield and Clare Kendry, who may ‘pass’ as white, but choose to live on opposite sides of the color line during the height of the Harlem renaissance in late 1920s New York.
After a chance encounter brings together old childhood friends one summer afternoon, Irene reluctantly allows Clare into her home, where she ingratiates herself with her husband and his family, and soon her inner circle as well. large. As their lives become more deeply intertwined, Irene finds her once stable existence turned upside down by Clare. Thus, Passing becomes a compelling tale of obsession, repression, and the lies that people tell themselves and each other to protect their carefully constructed realities.
Oscar 2022: the best film category will change
This year, the 94th edition of the Oscar 2022 will expand its list and nominate a total of 10 films for the best film category. Although this is not the first time that something similar has happened, this configuration could serve to see certain feature films within the most important list of the gala.
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