Spanish cinema already has a representative for the next edition of the Oscar Awards. The Academy chaired by Mariano Barroso has announced that the chosen one is ‘The good patron’, directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa. Let us remember that the other candidates who aspired to travel to Hollywood were ‘Parallel Mothers’, by Pedro Almodovar, and ‘Mediterráneo’, by Marcel Barrena.
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‘The good boss’ stars Javier Bardem and it is defined as a satire set in the world of labor relations. Scales Blanco, a family business, awaits the visit of a commission on which the obtaining of a local award depends; In the short time available, Blanco (Bardem) tries to restore the lost balance to his company by crossing all imaginable lines … After knowing the news, the director of the film has made the following statements:
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“I am very happy with the selection and very grateful to the Academy, to the profession, for their support. It is a joy and pride for all of us who have made ‘The Good Patron’ to be able to represent our cinematography at the Oscars. No I have doubts that what counts, and how it is told, transcends our borders and will be understood and celebrated wherever the film is screened, as has already happened at the international festivals where it has been shown. I want to celebrate the good time that live Spanish cinema and the quality of Pedro and Marcel’s work, the fact that there are so many good films made here on the screens “.
The release date of ‘The Good Patron’ is the October 15th. It had its world premiere last month at the San Sebastian Festival, where it competed for the Golden Shell. In my opinion, it was one of the best films screened at the competition, very funny and with a sensational Bardem. He has moments, such as the reference to the subsidies to Spanish cinema, that are memorable with him in the skin of this charismatic psychopath.
It should be noted that this is the second time that Fernando León de Aranoa goes hunting for the Oscar; Before, she competed with ‘Los Mondays in the Sun’ (2002), also with Bardem in the cast, but the Spanish candidate did not enter the fight for the statuettes (curiously, the same year that Almodóvar won the Oscar for best screenplay for ‘Talk to she’). Hopefully ‘The good boss’ has more luck and gets at least the nomination.
The December 21 The first shortlist of finalists in the race for the Oscar for best international film will be announced. The 94th American Film Awards Gala will be held on March 27, 2022.