Lionel Messi added his support to the film ‘Argentina, 1985’ in the race for the Oscars: ‘Let’s go for the third’

“Argentina, 1985” added strong support to her Oscar careerA. He doesn’t come from the field of cinema, even if there is no doubt that he is a star. Lionel Messi, the captain of the world champion team, posted a message on her Instagram account celebrating the film and encouraging her to choose the best foreign film statuette. Also go for the third.

It was a message that surprised in the Argentine dawn. In his stories on Instagram, where he is followed by around 431 million people, the PSG star shared a photo from the film, together with a message of support to the actor Ricardo Darínwith whom he has a good relationship.

“What a beautiful film “Argentina, 1985” with @ricardodarinok” and nominated for an OSCAR. Let’s go for third!” he wrote on 10.

It is that, like La Scaloneta, Santiago Miter’s film will compete for the Academy trying to bring Argentina the third prizeafter the Oscars for “The Official Story” (1986) and “The Secret in Their Eyes” (2010).

While Messi tends to be more reserved and rarely shows this kind of support, He has a very good relationship with Darínas the actor has revealed several times in different interviews.

In 2015 he had gone to see the actor at the Teatro Tívoli in Barcelona to attend the show “Scenes of married life”; that Darín starred with Erica Rivas. On that occasion number 10 also invited him to have lunch at his house. It was there that Antonella Rocuzzo took the opportunity to take a picture.

Darín also has an incredible anecdote with Messi, in one night he was the pilot in an empty Barcelona. “Nobody was there, it was a Tuesday evening, half past eleven in the evening… and nobody was there. Just the girl who accompanied me, who was from the press, asked me about the cliché, which was if I knew someone Messi. I said yes, to him and his family… I told him that I had come to the theater, that I had brought colleagues from Barça, that they had invited me countless times to the stadium, that they had given me t-shirts with my name on it.” Darin said

“And telling him all this, while we were walking around looking for a taxi I heard ‘Ricardo?’, I turned around and it was Messi. He took me to the hotel in his car, a big truck and he was driving. The nice thing is that he told me recognized from behind!” Darín said in an interview with the Marca newspaper

Messi has also praised the actor on occasion. In a recent interview, before the last World Cup, he confessed that he is a fan of Argentine cinema and that his favorite films of his were “El hijo de la novia” and “Nueve Reinas”, both with Darín .