The main event of Wait for another victory for the already awarddirected by Walter Salles. The Brazilian feature took the in the category of In a ceremony held last Saturday (8).
The production competed with four other films: El Jockeyfrom Argentina; Fuertefrom Uruguay; Instead of the otherfrom Chile; AND Memories of a burning cuerpoFrom Costa Rica. This was the first time that a Brazilian film received the nomination and, in fact, won.
The prize was received by the Uruguayan singer Jorge Drexler at the request of Walter Salles, who wrote a letter if the victory was materialized. The Brazilian did not participate in the ceremony, as was in Los Angeles, in the United States, for a special session of Central Do Brasilalso directed by him and who represented Brazil in in 1999.
“I’m still here It is a film about the memory of a family, during the long night of the military dictatorship in Brazil, which is intertwined with the memory of my country. I would like to dedicate this prize to Brazilian cinema, Eunice Paiva and all her family, Fernanda Montenegro and Fernanda Torres, “said the director of the letter.
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The expectation is now for scheduled for March 2 from 21 hours (Brasilia Time), to the traditional Dolby theater in Los Angeles, presenting from Conan O’Brien.
For the first time, a long -term Brazilian presents the main category of the event, . The production was also indicated for AND from the work of who took the In the same category.
The film is based on the autobiographical book of And he tells the story of the struggle of Eunice Paiva, his mother, for the answers on his father’s disappearance, the former deputy federal Rubens Paiva (played by Selton Mello) in 1971, during the .
Last month, the repercussion of the film exceeded the screens and the red carpet: the The death certificate issued in 1996 was rectified To confirm that Rubens Paiva’s death was caused by state agents; Until then, he was only “missing person”.
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