The 43-year-old Argentine filmmaker’s The Clan, which won the Best DirectorSilver Lion at the Venice Film Festival after its world premiere there, has been selected as Argentina‘s entry in this year’s Foreign LanguageOscar race.
The film about Argentina’s notorious Puccio crime family is produced by Spain’s Agustín Almodóvar and Pedro Almodóvar and their El Deseo production company.
It’s already a box office hit at home as El Clan, beating the record set by Argentina’s last Academy Award-winning film, 2009’s The Secret In Their Eyes.
And it played well in its North American premiere in the Toronto International Film Festival’s Platform sidebar earlier this month.
Days after Trapero’s Venice win, he was signed by CAA; Trapero has had two films nominated for Best Foreign Language Film Oscars, Lion’s DenandCarancho.
Thefilm was released by 20th Century Fox with Fox International Pictures in Latin America, and Fox will release it in the U.S.
Pablo Trapero’s latest project is headed to the United States… Fox International Productions and 20th Century Fox has announced plans to debut the 44-year-old Argentine filmmaker’s The Clan in early 2016. The period crime drama, which won the Best Director Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival, will open on January…
Bérénice Bejo is embracing the tranquilty… The 41-year-old Argentine actress will star in the Argentine thriller La Quietud from Pablo Trapero, who won the 2015 Silver Lion Best Director prize at the Venice Film Festival for El Clan. The film stars Bejo, Martina Gusmán and Edgar Ramírez and centers on two…
Spain is putting its Oscar bet on Pedro Almodovar… The Spanish Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has selected the 66-year-old Spanish filmmaker’s drama Julieta as its official submission in the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar race, marking the sixth time the director has represented Spain in the category.…
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