Make-up artist Sergio López-Rivera, who has worked on
La madre del blues,
has become the second Spaniard to win the Oscar in the category of best makeup and hairdressing alongside Mia Neal and Jamika Wilson.
The first were David Martí and Montse Ribé, from Pan's
Labyrinth
(2006).
The film, starring Viola Davis and Chadwick Boseman, prevailed in this category over the other four nominees:
Emma, Hillbilly, a rural elegy, Mank and Pinocchio.
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In a promotional video for the members of the Academy, López-Rivera commented that his origins, especially the memories of photographs of how his Cantabrian grandmother used makeup during the Spanish Civil War, left their mark on this work.
The Spanish characterized Davis, who plays the protagonist, the artist Ma Rainey.
He was better known until now for his work on television and already turned into another project.
Directed by George C. Wolfe,
The Mother of the Blues
is a biographical musical drama based on the work of two Pulitzer Prize-winning August Wilson, set in 1920s Chicago where tension and temperature rise over the course of a recording afternoon as a group of musicians wait for the groundbreaking and legendary blues pioneer, Ma Rainey.
After being late for the session, the proud Ma maintains a fierce pulse with her agent and her white producer for control of her music. While the band waits in the claustrophobic studio rehearsal room, ambitious trumpeter Levee (Chadwick Boseman) - interested in Ma's girlfriend and determined to make his personal mark on the music industry - unleashes a torrent of stories on his peers that reveal uncomfortable truths.