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Ricardo Darín has already arrived in Hollywood, with a turbulent flight

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The avenue La Ciénaga is, as always, full of huge billboards, on the roofs of the buildings, promoting, announcing films. There is that of scream 6which debuted here today, under the tagline “New York, New Rules,” the Renfieldwith Nicolas Cage as Dracula’s henchman who puts his long nails on Nicholas Hoult’s shoulders, and the most original, that of oppenheimerby Christopher Nolan, about the creator of the atomic bomb, which has a luminous counter that indicates how many months, days, hours, minutes and seconds until the premiere of July 21st.

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And one of the Marines sneaks in there too, who shows two armed soldiers in attack position and just plain reads “The Marines Fight to Win”.

That’s not why the team members came to Hollywood. Argentina, 1985. If they win the Oscar this Sunday, so much the better, but they won’t be arguing with anyone.

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Like the prosecutor Julio César Strassera, in the candidate all

Like the prosecutor Julio César STrassera, in the Oscar-nominated “Argentina, 1985”. Photo Archive Clarin

During the flight layover from Buenos Aires to Los Angeles, Ricardo Darin and his wife, Florencia Bas, the Houston (Texas) airport greeted them with a light storm not of congratulations and greetings, but of rain. Even the reception and its stay in Hollywood were not in full sun, but with an insistent drizzle, in a city like Los Angeles, where rain is wanted.

Although on the day of the Golden Globes delivery, at The Beverly Hilton Hotel, it was drizzling before the ceremony began where Argentina, 1985 He got the first of the awards received in this so-called awards season, which began on Sunday 10 January.

Santiago Miter and Darín thank them exactly two months ago for the Golden Globe for best film in a language other than English.

Santiago Miter and Darín thank them exactly two months ago for the Golden Globe for best film in a language other than English.

Yes exactly two months ago today when Argentina, 1985 won the Golden Globe for best film not in the English language (formerly a foreign language)…

Ricardo gladly accepted the request of a fellow countryman waiting to board the three-hour flight from Houston to Los Angeles. “I wanted to contain myself, but I couldn’t… Can we take a selfie?” the Argentine fan told him. “Of course”, said the protagonist and co-producer of the film that can make history this Sunday, March 12, if it wins the Oscar for best international film. It would be the third for our country.

“Let’s go to Oklahoma,” Darín replied when I jokingly asked what he and Florencia were doing at the Houston airport. Naturally exhausted from the 9-hour flight from Buenos Aires, the couple headed for the boarding gate of their United Airlines flight. It was 6.40, add the time difference with Argentina, the jet lag and you have an overview of the situation.

Together with Florencia Bas, when they attended the film's premiere in Buenos Aires.  She always accompanies him.

Together with Florencia Bas, when they attended the film’s premiere in Buenos Aires. She always accompanies him.

The flight to Los Angeles was quite bumpy, with turbulence in various sections of the journey, predicting what the weather would be like in Los Angeles: rainy.

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Ricardo Darín is the last Argentine in the squad Argentina, 1985 arrive here for the Academy Awards ceremony in Hollywood. Director Santiago Miter and his partner, Dolores Fonzi – who, like Florencia to Ricardo, have accompanied him to the events and the awards ceremony since that international premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 3rd – were already here.

Peter Lanzani, representing Attorney Luis Moreno Ocampo, has been in West Hollywood since Tuesday.

Peter Lanzani, representing Attorney Luis Moreno Ocampo, has been in West Hollywood since Tuesday.

Peter Lanzani, who plays prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo in the film, arrived on Tuesday from Buenos Aires. The film’s co-producers Victoria Alonso and Axel Kuschevatzky act locally, because they live in Los Angeles, and other producers are also here, such as Agustina Llambi Campbell, Federico Posternak, Santiago Carabante and various heads of the film’s technical team.

The agenda of the “talents”, as the film crews are called here, includes meetings, dinners and an aperitif with the press, which will be tomorrow, Saturday. Today, Friday, with the exception of Kuschevatzky, who will conduct interviews in his double capacity as film producer and lead interviewer for TNT’s signal on the Dolby Theater red carpet Sunday in the heart of Hollywood, they have no international press appointments scheduled.

Unless you are lucky enough to meet them during your layover at the airport.

Source: Clarin

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