Antonio Banderas announced the Oscar for Best International Film and got everyone excited: ‘I was practicing saying Argentina’

During the 2023 Oscars ceremony, seconds before the start of the ceremony, Axel Kuschevatzkyin his role as a celebrity interviewer, had a one-on-one with Antonio Banderas.

The Spanish actor, accompanied by his companion Nicole Kimpel, He was happy for the gala and had a spicy exchange with the producer. ” Ho are you doing ? He began by asking as a greeting, to which Kuschevatzky replied, “Very anxious.”

Thus, Banderas wanted to know the reason and Axel explained that he was the producer of the film. Argentina, 1985 nominated for best foreign film. The Spaniard’s response surprised everyone: “You are going to win,” he said with complete confidence, with what seemed like reality.

Between laughter and nervousness, the producer thanked him for his wishes and Antonio continued: “We gave the award and we practiced saying ‘Argentina’, not saying ‘Aryentina’ but rather ‘Argentina’, accordingly . Don’t say Mitre, but Santiago Mitre”.

In view of these statements, social networks exploded with encouraging comments towards the Argentinian film, without suspecting that a few minutes later the film was going to lose against the German. No news at the front. “Antonio Banderas told Axel not to be nervous, that ‘you’re going to win. I CHOOSE TO BELIEVE,” Antonio Banderas said he would present the foreign film category and told Axel that he had already practiced saying Argentina and blah blah because he was going to win. I CANCEL MUFA”, “Antonio Banderas telling Axel YOU HAVE ALREADY WON in the interview and this one is no more, pass that prize”, “Antonio Banderas telling Axel we are going to win (I cancel mufa) and that they repeated to pronounce Argentina correctly and not as the Yankees usually do, please, I love it, sir”, are some of the tweets that users left on the social network of the little bird.

In a night full of emotions, the film Argentina, 1985 this Sunday sought to obtain the third statuette for our country, after The official history and The secret in their eyes, although it did not succeed.

For her part, the Mexican actress Salma Hayek He shared via his social networks which is his favorite film of the nominees in the Oscar 2023 and drew netizens’ attention to the fact that it is the only Latin American film in the category Best International Film.

The Veracruz woman was part of the 95th Academy Awards as she was one of the presenters of the awards, which is why she was more active about the award than in other years.

Through Instagram, he shared some of his impressions of this award and did not hesitate to show his support for the creators of the film Argentina, 1985, Ricardo Darin there victoria alonso.

the protagonist of Frida He pointed out that this film is the only one from Latin America to have been nominated in one of the most important categories, so he expected it to win the Oscar.

The Mexican shared a photo where the three are talking during one of the ceremonies preceding the Oscars.

Argentina, 1985 won the Golden Globe for Best Foreign Language Film, the award Goya for Best Ibero-American Film and the Best Foreign Language Film Satellite.

Santiago Mitre, who appeared with Victoria Alonso on the Oscars carpet, said the film’s most important message, and that he hopes it will reach everyone who sees it, is that of the justice.

In addition to Argentina, 1985in the Best International Film category competed Close (From Belgium), No news at the front (Germany), HEY (Poland) and The quiet girl (Ireland).

This year there was a bigger list of Latin American nominees for the Oscars, from actors to directors, they were selected for their amazing performance in film.

Ana de Armas was one of the nominees, thanks to her performance in the film Blondwhere he plays Marilyn Monroewas mentioned in the category Best Actress. This is the first time the Cuban has been nominated for an Oscar.

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