Historical: Argentina, 1985 won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Film

This Tuesday, January 10 Argentina, 1985 took the statuette to best foreign film in the 80th edition of the annual ceremony of the Golden Globeswhich rewards the best of cinema and television in the United States.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association chose the film directed by Santiago Miterwhich deals with the Trials of the military Juntas and is led by Ricardo Darin Y Peter Lanzani. In the nomination, it competed against against the films RRR (from India), All Quiet on the Western Front (Germany), close (Belgium) and Decision to Leave (South Korea).

After the announcement of the winner and the celebration of the Argentines, Santiago Miter and Ricardo Darín went up on stage to receive the award. “I am very happy to be here,” said the director before thanking the entire cast and greeting Victoria Alonso, co-producer of the film. “I want to dedicate this award to the great actor Ricardo Darín, and to all those who fought for democracy in Argentina,” Santiago added excitedly.

For his part, the protagonist of the film expressed: “Thank you very much, I am very proud of this award. And for the people of Argentina, after the world championship, this is a great joy. I love”.

Before delivery, Darin Y lanzani they went through the red carpet and were photographed by the international press. But in addition to the cast, he was also present Luis Moreno Ocampowho in the film is played by Peter.

This Argentine film was the only Latin American to compete in the category of best foreign film, so on this occasion he represented, in addition to Argentina, the entire region. Something that the film has undoubtedly been fulfilling in all the awards in which it was presented, since it won statuettes from the Venice Festival, the San Sebastián Festival, the National Board of Review, the Forqué Awards and the International Film Festival of La Roche-sur-Yon.

Recently, Argentina, 1985 obtained three Coral prizes for masculine performance (Ricardo Darin), artistic direction (michael saiegh) and Best Screenplay (Mariano Llinas Y Santiago Miter), at the closing gala of the 43rd International Festival of New Latin American Cinema in Havana, Cuba, held in the traditional Charles Chaplin theater in the Cuban capital. Also, miter He was the winner of the Signis Prize “due to his accurate approach to the past from a deep look”, according to the justification of the World Catholic Communication Association that awards this award.

After some difficult years due to the pandemic and its scandals, the delivery of the Golden Globes had the comedian Jerrod Carmichael as host. This appointment was the prelude to the awards oscar where the Argentine film was also shortlisted last September by the Argentine Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences to compete for a place in the Best International Film category.

The delivery of these awards took place in the mythical The Beverly Hilton of the Angels. This year’s show could be a game changer for the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the organization that organizes the awards. An investigation of Los Angeles Times in early 2021 he discovered that the group had no African-American members, a revelation compounded by other allegations of ethical wrongdoing. Many stars and studios said they would boycott the show. Tom Cruise returned his three Globes.

With the stars turning down the Golden Globes, nbc canceled last year the transmission that would have taken place in January. Instead, the gala was held at the beverley hilton without any nominees in attendance, while the winners were announced on Twitter.

So after the scandal and boycott plunged the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and they removed the transmission of the Golden Globes from television for a year, finally on Tuesday night the awards ceremony for the best film and television series and films is celebrated.

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