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Goyas Love Almodovar
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Award ceremonies are in love with Pedro Almodóvar this year. Almodóvar's Volver has snagged two Golden Globe nominations, two wins out of three nominations at Cannes Film Festival, and five wins out of seven nominations at the European Film Awards. Now Almodóvar has been honored with fourteen nominations for Volver at his homeland's version of the Academy Awards, the Goyas. The incredible amount of nominations comes as no surprise. Volver -- about a deceased mother coming back to her homeland to resolve issues that she was unable to rectify during her life -- is yet another masterpiece by Almodóvar. The man really has a way with portraying humanity that I, as an audience member, eat up every time.
The competition at the Goyas is a stiff one. Almodóvar definitely isn't a shoe in for any particular win. One Spanish filmmaker -- Agustíne Díaz Yanes -- has received one more nomination than Almodóvar at the Goyas for his film Alatriste. This film is particularly important in Spain due to the production's extravagance. Pic is a portrayal of a former soldier who became a mercenary during Spain's 17th century imperial wars. Sounds interesting ... but I'm still dreaming for some wins for Almodóvar!
It certainly has been a great year for Almodóvar and the people involved in his film -- Penelope Cruz in particular. Her work in her native films is always exceptional and I'm glad people are finally taking notice. We'll find out in January how Almodóvar fares -- but win or lose, fourteen nominations is still a great honor to me.
English-language film feted at Spanish Oscars
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The Goyas, Spain's version of the Oscars
(I've always wondered - do other countries call the Oscars "The American version of______"? I certainly hope
so.) were handed out last night, and though no one film dominated the proceedings, an English-language work left with
four awards, including best picture and best director. The film, The
Secret Life of Words, stars Tim Robbins and Sarah Polley (her second collaboration with director Isabel Coixet), and recently had its American premiere at Sundance. In
it, Polley plays a quiet, shy nurse who travels to an oil rig while on "vacation" to care for Robbins'
character who is recovering from severe burns. Corneal damage leaves him temporarily blind; as a result the movie is
uncommonly concerned with the words that pass between him and Polley's character (hence its title). The film has been
well-review by the few people writing
in English who have seen it; one hopes this recognition will help it gain an audience in the US when it goes into
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