One more prize for ‘Emilia Pérez’. One more prize for the French director Jacques Audiard, has conquered the BAFTA for best non -English speech movie at the gala held in London. Everything, after achieving the Goya for Best European Film and in a race towards the Oscar marked by the controversial tweets of Karla Sofía Gascón.
The film, in its category, has been imposed to the rest of nominated films, Among which are ‘im still here’ (‘I’m still here’), by Brazilian filmmaker Walter Salles, as well as ‘Kneecap’, ‘The Seed of the Sacred Fig’ (‘The seed of the Sacred Higuera’) and ‘and’ All we imagine as light ‘(‘ The light we imagine ‘).
Audiard movie, qualified as a ‘Narcomusical’, He tells through almost spoken songs the story of ‘Manitas’, a Mexican drug trafficker who decides to leave the world of crime and start a new life like Emilia Pérez, a transgender woman played by Gascón.
‘Emilia Pérez’ is one of the favorites in this 78 edition of the British cinema awards, by accumulating a total of 11 nominations, Included in main categories as best film, address, best leading actress or best cast actress, among others.
Karla Sofía Gascón, absent at the gala
Actress Karla Sofía Gascón, nominated for the best actress protagonist by ‘Emilia Pérez’, has been one of the great absences of the ceremony held in London. Everything, after those eight days that have marked their aspirations to receive the respective awards he opposes.
It is January 23 when your life changes completely. On that day, he receives the Oscar nomination as the best actress protagonist for the movie ‘Emilia Pérez’. Is The second Spanish woman to hold this honorafter Penelope Cruz with his two nominations as the leading actress and his other two as a cast actress. It is also The first trans woman to achieve this nomination.
However, a week later, controversial Islamophobic tweets that the actress has written comes to light. They talk about them “Exposing the Moors from Spain”, or “disgust” towards their customs. In addition, he states that “Islam was becoming a focus of infection for humanity.”
Said from the promotion of the film
Subsequently, Karla Sofía Gascón defends himself in a statement and asks for forgiveness … but with nuances. The actress explains that “as a member of a marginalized community,” understands “pain”, but also He talks about a campaign against her and that there is “something very dark behind.”
The consequences for her have not been waiting. Eliminated from the film promotion campaign, The book I was going to edit is canceled. He did not go to the Goya Gala, where the film he stars won the best European film award.
The BAFTA winners list
- Best Film: “Conclave”
- Outstanding British film: “Conclave”
- Director: Brady Corbet, “The Brutalist”
- Main actor: Adrien Brody, “The Brutalist”
- Main actress: Mikey Madison, “Anora”
- Delivery actor: Kieran Culkin, “a real pain”
- Delivery actress: Zoe Saldaña, “Emilia Pérez”
- Original script: “A real pain”
- Adapted script: “Conclave”
- Non -English speaking movie: “Emilia Pérez”
- Animated movie: “Wallace and Gromit: the most bird revenge”
- Documentary: “Super/Man: The story of Christopher Reeve”
- Original score: “The Brutalist”
- Children’s and family cinema: “Wallace and Gromit: the most bird revenge”
- BAFTA Scholarship: Warwick Davis
- Ascent star: David Jonsson (Marie-Louise Gumuchian; edited by Alisonwilliams)
Source: Lasexta
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