Sunday, March 2, 2025. It was a historic day. In the middle of Carnival, Brazil finally won the Oscar for best international film with “I’m still here”, by Botafogo Walter Salles, triggering a commotion almost in the World Cup style. Almost.
They did not even paint the streets, but there was time to take Fernanda Torres masks to the blocks and make the actress’s doll in Olinda.
The same night, there was also the first statuette for Latvia, with the animation “Flow”. Paul Tazewell became the first black man to beat a costume Oscar. And Pedro Raul scored a goal in his debut for Ceará, after just ten minutes on the field against Maracanã. If you cannot score a goal in Maracanã, which is against Maracanã, young team from Maracanaú. The feat of Pedro Raul, who already equaled his Paulistinha campaign, will go unnoticed by the majority in the face of the general picture – not by this column.
In a year when theaters did not give pellet to the Super Bowl transmission, the Oscar gained display in some rooms. And this humble scribe was present at Cinesystem Frei Mug to accompany the ceremony and fans of the popular.
To get to the movies, I had to get out of the car and cross a block on foot. It was the chance to hit the eye on the bars and check who would be winning the battle of the broadcasts, the Oscar (already starting) or Santos de Neymar, who faced Bragantino. Neither. The TVs were with Carnival.
I’ve seen a soccer game in a movie theater: a horrible Brazil 0 x 0 Portugal, in the 2010 World Cup, in which viewers barely shouted. Just a few “UI” and goose bumps when Gymnast Felipe Melo dug Note 9.5 in a stretched carpal almost in the face of defender Pepe. It was a game as bland as “a complete stranger.” If it were in VIP room, it would yield naps.
This time, no. The young viewers took Vuvuzela (another 2010 curse) and vibrated as if they were at the stadium. The night had a defined villain. With each mention of “Emilia Perez”, boos and curses in the room. Not even poor, and talented, supporting Zoe Saldaña was spared – herself, someday someone will explain to me why Saldaña was the supporting, not the main actress.
I received plastic glasses with green and yellow frame and bracelet of the same color. I told the lively girl who presented me that she was tense. I thought it was hard to beat “Emilia” among foreigners.
She tried to motivate me. “It will work, let’s cheer.” Fernanda, then… Despite my love, in the Bolão I went from Demi Moore (I didn’t say that to the bracelet girl).
When the time came, the tension was a penalty shootout. And when Penelope Cruz beeping goal, the stadium, that is, the cinema jumped and shouted as in a World Cup victory. People hugged and cried – twin the boy behind me, who continued to blow the damn Vuvuzela.
I felt the fan of little Leicester overcoming the 2016 Premier League in the powerful Arsenal (UHU), Manchesters and Chelsea.
But it was not over. Shortly thereafter came the Oscar for best actress. At the time, victory in international film made me think of the Bolão. But Fernanda was so stunning … Judge Emma Stone arrived. Demi or Fernanda?… And gave Mikey Madison for “Anora”, which made me laugh out loud, and alone. It looked like a goal with clear impediment. People could not react.
In the end, everyone went happy with the three points. Now we only have one Oscar unless Argentina, and two more crowns. Pope does not enter the account.
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