The actress won in the Best Actress in a Drama category and dedicated the award to her mother, Fernanda Montenegro
Emotional reaction after the reward
Fernanda Torres, the first Brazilian to win the Golden Globe in the Best Actress in a Drama category, revealed she was shocked by the result during an interview with GloboNews, held shortly after the ceremony held on Sunday evening (5/1) in Los Angeles.
“I swear, I thought there was no chance, that I had no chance. This movie, ‘I’m Still Here,’ is so beautiful, it moves so many things,” the actress said.
He revealed that only his mother, Fernanda Montenegro, believed in victory. “Mom was sure. I said ‘mom no’, but she said I would take it,” said Fernanda, who in her victory speech dedicated the statuette to her mother, the only Brazilian nominated in the same competition. category until then.
International recognition
With this achievement, Fernanda Torres joins a select group of actresses who have won the Golden Globe for drama films not spoken in English. Besides her, only Liv Ullmann, Anouk Aimée and Isabelle Huppert have managed to achieve this feat.
The actress said she wasn’t sure why she won, but acknowledged the impact of international press coverage. “My name arrived, Variety helped me a lot. A beautiful campaign began,” he said, quoting the American magazine that highlighted his performance last week.
Amazing prize
The trophy was presented to Fernanda by the American actress Viola Davis. In his speech, Torres thanked director Walter Salles and mentioned that his mother had been nominated for the same award. “My God, I didn’t prepare anything because I was already happy [em ser indicada]. This has been an incredible year for actress performances, there are so many actresses here that I admire so much. And, of course, I want to thank Walter Salles, my partner, my friend. What a story, Walter! And obviously I want to dedicate this award to my mother, don’t you know, she was here 25 years ago, and this is proof that art can survive in life, even in difficult times, just like the ones Eunice Paiva tells us. happened. With so many problems in the world today, with so much fear, this is a film that helped us think about how to survive in times like these.”
Present at the ceremony were Walter Salles, winner of the Golden Globe in 1999 with “Central do Brasil”, and Selton Mello, co-star of “I’m Still Here”. In the film he plays Rubens Paiva, a former deputy impeached and killed during the military dictatorship, husband of Torres’ character, Eunice Paiva.
Selton Mello shared a behind-the-scenes video from the awards show, thrilled with his win. “What a historic thing, and I saw her live. I was with her through every difficulty, it was beautiful. She’s from Brazil,” the actor said as he waited for Fernanda to come down from the stage to hug him.
Despite Fernanda’s victory, “I’m Still Here” did not win in the Best Non-English Language Film category, a trophy that went to the French production “Emilia Pérez”.
Source: Terra

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