‘Anora’ defeat ‘I’m still here’, wins Oscar for best movie and ends night with five statuettes

Despite losing the awards, the indication of the film to the Oscar marked Brazil’s return to the main awards of cinema; This was the first time a Brazilian film compete in the main category

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Fernanda Torres and Selton Mello live the plot ‘I’m still here’, by Walter Salles

It was not this time that Brazil got the statuette of ‘best movie’ . Despite having already made history because it was the only Brazilian movie to compete in the main category, the feature lost, on Sunday (2), the award for “Anora”. Even with the non -favorable result, the numbers of the movie, which won as “Best Foreign Film” at the Palm Springs festival, and had Elected as ‘best actress’ in the Golden Globe and “Satellite Awards”. In the Oscar, ‘‘Also compete in’ Best International Film, which (Won?, did you lose? If so, to whom?and ‘best actress’, in which Fernanda Torres (Won or not? If not, who won?). The indication of the feature in three categories, c. The country’s last nomination for the main cinema award had been in the documentary “Democracy in Vertigo” by filmmaker Petra Costa in 2020.

‘I’m still here’, an adaptation of the book of the same name written by Marcelo Rubens Paiva, known as “Happy Year old” – a great sales success in the 1980s, not just enchanted Brazilian and film critics. In addition to being a success in Brazil and the largest postpandered national cinema box office -there were five million spectators -and a record of box office, with a growth of over 82% in the number of viewers after an Oscar nomination, the film also raised more than $ 1 million at the United States box office. In the international scenario, the work won the “Must See” seal on Metacritic, reflecting its positive reception.

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