The Spanish is firmly among the candidates to receive an Oscar nomination, although the Academy will not announce its candidates until February 2022.
The Los Angeles Critics Association (Lafca, for its acronym in English) awarded this Saturday to the Spanish Penélope Cruz and Alberto Iglesias as best actress and best soundtrack for their work in Parallel Mothers, by Pedro Almodóvar.
With this award, which is added to the Volpi Cup of the Venice Film Festival, the Spanish actress is firmly among the candidates to receive an Oscar nomination for best actress, although the Hollywood Academy will not announce its candidates until February 2022 In addition, the musician Alberto Iglesias underlines his status as a favorite in the awards season.
For its part, the film critic from Los Angeles – which names a winner and a finalist in all its categories – awarded the best Japanese film Drive My Car, based on a short story by Haruki Murakami, and left as a finalist The Power of the Dog. However, in directing he reversed the result and named Jane Campion as best director for The Power of the Dog, while Ryusuke Hamaguchi was the finalist for Drive My Car.
Simon Rex won the award for best leading actor for Red Rocket y Benedict Cumberbatch (The Power of the Dog) was a finalist.
In the female category, Cruz beat Norway’s Renate Reinsve for The Worst Person in the World. Puerto Rican American Ariana DeBose triumphed as a supporting actress for West Side Story and in the men’s section there was a tie between Kodi Smit-McPhee (The Power of the Dog) and Vincent Lindon (Titanium).
The next appointment on the film awards circuit will be Tuesday, when the Hollywood Academy announces the list of candidates (shortlists) in various categories, including Best International Film. (AND)
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