‘Anora’ queen in the Oscars

‘Anora’ the movie of Sean Baker was the great winner in the 97th edition of the Oscar Awards raising with five of the six awards to which he was nominated, including the awards for Best Film, Best Address and Best Actress for its protagonist Mikey Madison. At the gala held at the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles, in which the Spanish actress was finally present Karla Sofía Gascón were also awarded, among others, Adrien Brody as best actor for ‘The Brutalist’ and the Brazilian film ‘I’m still here’ as the best international film.

Baker became The third person to win four awards in the same edition of Los Oscarsomething that until now had only achieved the legendary Walt Disney and, informally since the award for the best international film is for the country, in 2020 the Korean Bong Joon-ho with ‘Parasites’. In his acceptance speech as the best director, Baker made an ultranza defense of the film experience in the movie theaters.

“Now that cinemas are having a bad time, it is our duty to defend them. If we lose the rooms we lose a part of our identity (…) parents, take their children to the cinema, “proclaimed the filmmaker who also took the prize for the best assembly and the best original script. An award the latter dedicated to sex workers who shared with him and the team of ‘Anora’ their experiences to assemble the libretto of this film that tells the story of a young prostitute who marries the son of a Russian oligarch and is wrapped in a struggle to defend his dignity.

Thanks shared by Mikey Madison, the protagonist of ‘Anora’, by collecting the best actress award. “I want to recognize and honor the community of sex workers. I will continue supporting them and being an ally. They are incredible people, the women who have had the privilege of knowing about that community have been one of the most prominent aspects of this incredible experience, “said Madison, 25, who gave the surprise to be imposed on the great favorite, Demi Moore nomianda for ‘the substance’.

In this category, Brazilian Fernanda Torres were also nominated (‘I’m still here’), the American Cynthia Erivo (‘Wicked’) and the Spanish Karla Sofía Gascón (‘Emilia Pérez’), who was present at the gala sitting in the armchair with the rest of the nominees and presenters, but who did not parade through the red carpet after the crisis unleashed by his old offensive and racist messages.

Adrien Brody, 20 years later

The best actor award was for Adrien Brody by ‘The Brutalist’. The interpreter, who 20 years after ‘The pianist’ won his second Oscar to give life to a survivor of the Holocaust, thanked in his extensive speech the opportunity to continue working on the profession he loves and have the opportunity to “interpret relevant roles.”

“I am here once again to represent the persistent traumas and the repercussions of the warsystematic oppression, anti -Semitism, racism and discrimination. I believe and pray for a better, happier and more inclusive world. And I think that if the past can teach us something it is a reminder that We must not let hate grow without control“said the protagonist of ‘The Brutalist’, a film that was also made with the prizes for the best original soundtrack for Daniel Blumberg and best photography for Lol Crawley.

Another of the most intense speeches of the night was that of Zoe Saldaña, that in his first nomination he rose with the statuette as best cast actress. “It is an honor to receive this award for a film that has allowed me to speak and sing in Spanish“The actress said in her emotional speech also dedicated her award to her already deceased maternal grandmother, Dolores Argentina, of Dominican origin.

“My grandmother arrived in this country in 1961. I am a proud daughter of immigrant parents. With dreams, dignity and working hands. I am the first American of Dominican origin who accepts an academy award and I know that I will not be the last“, proclaimed Saldaña that gave ‘Emilia Pérez’ one of the two Oscars that took the 13 statuettes he opted.

Kieran Culkin He also complied with the forecasts won the best cast actor for ‘A Real Pain’ in which it was possibly the most predictable award of the night, while the best adapted script award was for Peter Straughan For the ‘Conclave’ libretto, another of the losers of the night since only one of the eight awards he was nominated was made.

The musical ‘Wicked’that she was a candidate for eight awards, only the Oscars took to better costume and best production design. Also technical triumphs had ‘Dune: Part two’which accumulated six candidates and made the prizes for better sound and better visual effects. Worse luck ran ‘A Complete Unknow’ The biopic about Bob Dylan, who left empty to leave with eight candidates.

Other titles awarded in the 97th edition of the Oscar were the Brazilian film ‘I’m still here,’ Directed by Walter Salles, who won the galadrón for the best international film, the letona tape ‘Flow, a world to save’, Directed by Gints Zilbalodis, who took the Oscar for the best animation film and the production about the conflict between Israel and Palestinus entitled ‘No Other Land’, Directed by Yuval Abraham, Basel Adra, Hamdan Ballal and Rachel Szor, he won the best documentary award.