Valladolid has hosted the most important night of Spanish cinema for the first time in history. The one of the Goya Awards 2024 An open edition was planned, in which ‘The Snow Society’, by Juan Antonio Bayona, about the plane crash in the Andes; and ‘20,000 species of bees’, by Estibaliz Urresola Solaguren, about trans childhoods, started as favorites in the twenty-eight competing categories. In the speeches and gestures of the gala, presented by Ana Belén, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi At the fairgrounds of the Castilian-Leonese capital, it was foreseeable, beyond the celebration of the seventh art, the foreseeable rejection of sexual violence in the industry after the latest known cases. Also the iconic moments: one of them has been the one who has starred the cast of ‘All About My Mother’, reunited twenty-five years later with Pedro Almodóvar on stage.
Successes and errors of the 2024 Goya Awards, by Nacho Montes
25 years of ‘All About My Mother’
A quarter of a century has passed since the film’s premiere. And twenty-four years have passed since the film by the filmmaker from La Mancha emerged as the great winner of the 14th edition of the awards, held in January 2000 in Barcelona (being the first edition that took place outside of Madrid). There were eight awards that he collected then, including Best Film and Best Director, but also acting recognitions for a good part of his cast.
A promotional poster for ‘All About My Mother’Europa Press
The story starring Cecilia Rothwith a high-profile cast that also included Candela Peña, Antonia San Juan, Penélope Cruz, Marisa Paredes or Rosa María Sardàbecame, in addition to a critical and public success (raising almost 68 million for a budget of just 4), and a true international phenomenonaccumulating the Oscar, the Golden Globe and the BAFTA for Best Foreign Language Film.
The tribute of the actresses of ‘All About My Mother’ on the stage of the 2024 Goya Awards
In this edition of the Goya, the leading actresses They have come together to recreate one of the scenes from the feature filmin which several of the main female characters maintain a sincere talk, sitting on sofas in the living room of the house of the character Roth played. Cecilia herself, together with Antonia, Penélope and Marisa, have replicated the image on the stage of the Valladolid Fair, accompanied by Almodóvar, Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi.
A still from ‘All About My Mother’Cordon Press
A replica of the sofa on which the conversation took place has been surrounded by the actresses and the three directors, sitting and supporting around him, before taking a photograph emulating the moment. Paredes and San Juan They have replicated some of the most acidic dialogues of the film’s script, to the applause and laughter of the audience.
The reunion of the Almodóvar girls from ‘All About My Mother’ at the GoyaCordon Press
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