The Spanish director Juan Antonio Bayona He was “very happy” with the two Oscar nominations his film received The snow societyaware that “it is very difficult to attract Hollywood’s attention with a film shot in Spanish”.
In an interview with EFE, Bayona said that “it’s very difficult to really get Hollywood’s attention with an international film made in a language that’s not theirs.”
From his experience in Hollywood with important productions such as Jurassic world (the second) or the series The Lord of the Ringshe is aware that “the story is very different when you choose a film in Spanish, because you have to work twice as hard for the film to attract attention.”
The Spanish film, which tells the story of the struggle of the survivors of the plane tragedy in the Andes, received two Oscar nominations from the Hollywood Academy this Tuesday, for best international film and for best make-up and hairstyling.
Director Juan Antonio Bayona, at his production company in Barcelona, after learning that his film has earned two Oscar nominations. EFE photoWhen asked about his chances of obtaining the two statuettes, the filmmaker replied that “you never know and in fact, looking at the bets, there are many films that were favorites and which in the end didn’t happen”.
As for his chances of winning the Oscar for Best International Film, Bayona assured that it will be difficult, given that it competes with the best films of the year from all over the world, but he understands that The snow society “It has defended itself very well and the public loves it, as demonstrated by the public award at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where it already competed with some of the best films of the year.”
She especially appreciated the nomination in a category with as much competition as makeup and hair, “fighting with films that are absolute mastodons in the Hollywood industry.”
Bayona, in the middle of filming the film, not in Chile, but especially in Spain. PhotoNetflixAccording to him, the great attraction of The snow society is that it is “a story that really has a lot of resonance in the world we live in, especially among young people, who see this group of abandoned kids who have to earn a living and together they achieve the impossible, getting out of a place where “No one gave nothing for them to come out alive.”
In this sense, the story, he added, “speaks a lot about the moment we live in, about that feeling of feeling abandoned when looking around us and with the message of giving the best of ourselves, for ourselves and for others”.
“Shared merit”
“Now we have to share this merit with all our comrades and also with all the people, not only of the Spanish team, which is the majority, but also with all our comrades from Uruguay, Argentina, Chile”, he underlined .
On the shelf of the Bayonne production company in Barcelona (Spain), La Trini, where the director spent an intense afternoon assisting the media, three Gaudí awards and a Goya statuette await, perhaps, a new recognition from Los Angeles.
Source: Clarin
