The Javis during the Goya gala
In a gala full of great films, directors and actors, one of the most beautiful moments was given to us by someone who was not nominated. The Javis, who did triumph at the Feroz Awards with La Mesías, and Pedro Almodóvar, who had no film to sweep this year – although it would have been difficult for him to have The Snow Society at the helm – have been the creators and absolute protagonists of this moment, which has served as a well-deserved tribute to one of the key films in the recent history of our cinema, All About My Mother.
Released back in 1999, a year in which such important films as Fight Club, The Matrix, American Beauty or Eyes Wide Shut were released in the world, Almodóvar gave us one of his most special films that have become a capital influence. of a lot of people. Two of those people are precisely Javier Calvo and Javier Ambrossi, who climbed onto the iconic sofa from the film to remember their past experiences with the Goyas, with the Goyas’ films and, why not say it, with their Goyas crushes.
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But for the creative duo there was no greater crush than that of the Manchego’s cinema, which has deeply marked them in their life and work, something that they have never hidden in interviews and that is visible in all their works. “I was straight for 15 seconds,” Javier Ambrossi pointed out to the director when he was on stage, in a scene as unusual as it was endearing when remembering All About My Mother, with the stellar appearance of the women who have also made his cinema great and who They were an important part of the 1999 film.
Image from ‘All About My Mother’
Antonia San Juan, Marisa Paredes and Penélope Cruz jumped on stage to accompany Los Javis and the director who years ago had immortalized them in that film. There was also Cecilia Roth, the protagonist of the drama of a woman who loses her young son and who ends up taking a trip to heal her wounds and reunite with the child’s father. A journey full of great adventures but also great characters, the same ones who gathered tonight on the sofa with the creators of The Messiah, and let’s not rule out that at some point the Almodóvar girls will also be called for a role.
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Everything about my mother precisely has a lot to do with the Goya, since she got to them being nominated for Best Foreign Film, just as is happening now with The Snow Society. And as has also happened with JA Bayona’s film, Almodóvar’s film swept the Goya Awards in 2000, winning up to 7 big heads, including Best Actress with Cecilia Roth, Best Director with Pedro Almodóvar and of course Best Film, beating other nominees of that year such as Solas or The Language of the Butterflies. History of the Goyas, but above all history of cinema, All About My Mother deserved this endearing and tender moment more than any other film.