VALENCIA, Feb 13 (Reuters) – Javier Bardem received finest actor on the thirty sixth Goya awards, Spain’s prime movie honours, held in Valencia on Saturday evening, whereas Australian actress Cate Blanchett took residence the primary ever Worldwide Goya.
Bardem received his seventh Goya for his position in Fernando Leon de Aranoa’s office satire “The Good Boss”, which received six awards together with finest movie, finest director and finest unique screenplay.
It had acquired a document 20 nominations.
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“Thanks for writing a personality so wealthy in nuances, in complexities, so humorous,” Bardem stated, addressing director Leon de Aranoa.
One shock of the evening got here when Penelope Cruz, who had been nominated alongside her husband Bardem, didn’t win finest actress for her position in Pedro Almodovar’s “Parallel Moms”.
That accolade went as an alternative to Blanca Portillo for “Maixabel”, a couple of girl who faces as much as the ETA terrorists who killed her husband.
The movie additionally produced the perfect supporting actor, Urko Olazabal, and finest new actress, Maria Cerezuela.
Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz introduced Australian actress Cate Blanchett with the primary ever Worldwide Goya on the ceremony, held within the futuristic Palau de les Arts in Valencia.
She stated watching movies by Spanish director Luis Bunuel in highschool modified how she noticed the world.
“Since then I’ve been drawn to the visible language of Spanish cinema,” she stated.
Blanchett will work with Almodovar in an adaptation of Lucia Berlin’s quick story assortment “A Manuel for Cleansing Ladies”.
Bardem hopes to copy his win on the Oscars in Los Angeles on March 27 the place he’s additionally nominated for finest actor, this time for his position as Desi Arnaz alongside Nicole Kidman’s Lucille Ball, in “Being the Ricardos”.
Penelope Cruz can also be nominated for an Oscar, making Cruz and Bardem the sixth married couple to obtain Academy Award nominations for performing in the identical 12 months.
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Reporting by Eva Manez, Writing by Jessica Jones; Enhancing by Kirsten Donovan
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