Argentina, 1985
, by
Santiago Miter
, starring
Ricardo Darín
and Peter Lanzani, was nominated for an Oscar for best international film and
will compete on Sunday, March 12, for the award from the Hollywood Academy
.
The other four productions with which it will compete are
All Quiet on the Front
by Edward Berger (Germany),
Close
by Lukas Dhont (Belgium),
The Quiet Girl
by Colm Bairéad (Ireland) and
Eo
by Jerzy Skolimowski (Poland). .
The German "All Quiet on the Front" by Edward Berger.
It can be seen on Netflix.
Academy President Janet Yang ushered in actors Riz Ahmed (
The Sound of Metal
) and Allison Williams (recent
M3GAN
,
Girls
), who announced the nominations in all 23 categories.
They did it from the Samuel Goldwyn Theater, at the Academy, in Los Angeles.
The film about the trial of the military Juntas was sent at the time by the Argentine Film Academy to its namesake in Hollywood.
Of the 92 titles sent by as many countries, a pre-selection was made, the famous
short list
, of fifteen films, which was released on December 21.
And
Argentina, 1985
had passed that cut.
"The official story" won the first Oscar for Argentina, on March 24, 1986. Luis Puenzo receives the award, announced by Norma Aleandro.
It is the eighth Argentine production to be a candidate in the category.
Our country won the award twice, on March 24, 1986, exactly 10 years after the coup that overthrew María Estela Martínez de Perón, when it won
La historia oficial
, by Luis Puenzo, and in 2010, with
El secreto de sus eyes
, by Juan José Campanella.
An exultant Juan José Campanella thanks the Oscar for "The Secret in Their Eyes", in March 2010. Photo AFP
When is the Oscar ceremony?
The Hollywood Academy Award ceremony will take place on Sunday March 12 at the Dolby Theater in downtown Hollywood.
It will be in the same place where Juan José Campanella thanked him for the award for
El secreto de sus ojos
.
And it is already known who will officiate as presenter: it will be the comedian Jimmy Kimmel.
Ricardo Darín with the director of "Argentina, 1985", Santiago Miter, on the night of the Golden Globe. Photo Golden Globe Awards @goldenglobes
Ricardo Darín, who in addition to playing prosecutor Julio César Strassera is one of the film's producers, starred in half of the national films that reached the candidacy.
He was in the last four:
El hijo de la novia
(in 2002), and
El secreto de sus ojos
(in 2010), both by Juan José Campanella,
Relatos salvajes
(candidate in 2015), by Damián Szifron, and now,
Argentina, 1985
.
The other four films that reached the nomination to obtain the golden statuette that measures 34 centimeters high and weighs 3.85 kilograms, were
La trugua
, by Sergio Renán, in the 1975 edition;
Camila
, by María Luisa Bemberg, in 1985;
the aforementioned
La historia oficial
, by Luis Puenzo, who won it in 1986, and
Tango
, by the Spanish Carlos Saura, in 1999.
The international tour of
Argentina, 1985
, began on Saturday, September 3, 2022, when it had its world premiere within the framework of the Venice International Film Festival.
He was in the competition for the Golden Lion, and although he did not win any official award, he did win another two, one from critics (FIPRESCI) and one from Signis.
Ricardo Darin, on the red carpet of the Venice Film Festival, where the world premiere of "Argentina, 1985" took place.
Photo EFE
Then it went through the San Sebastián Festival, where it was exhibited in the Pearls Section of other festivals, and ended up winning the Audience Award.
He also went to the London Festival.
And since the start of awards season this year she has been nominated for or won awards.
First it was the Golden Globe, where it became the second Argentine film to win it, after
The Official Story
.
And it was a candidate for the Critic's Choice Awards, where in the category in which it competed, the Indian
RRR
won , and was nominated for the BAFTA, the award given by the British Film and Television Academy, for best non-English language film.
But the ultimate goal is the Oscar, the prize that will close out the awards season.
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