RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Spanish actress Penélope Cruz introduced “I’m Still Here” because the winner of the worldwide characteristic on the Academy Awards, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians roared at dwelling and on the streets, the place Carnival festivities have been ongoing since Saturday.
On Monday, as events continued nationwide, many revelers took time to take a fast have a look at newspapers, peek on their social media and watch TV to rejoice much more for the nation’s first-ever Oscar victory. The movie exhibits a household torn aside by the navy dictatorship that dominated Brazil for greater than 20 years.
“I promised I would watch ‘ I’m Still Here ‘ again tonight if it won, right after I come back from a Carnival street party, wearing my Wonder Woman costume,” mentioned Fernanda Rocha, 38, a pharmacist and vacationer from Brasilia. “I live in a city where the military almost helped former President Jair Bolsonaro throw a coup just two years ago. This movie is a win against that too.”
Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes introduced an costly solution to rejoice. His administration will purchase the home the place the movie was shot within the upscale area of Urca, at the moment priced at 20 million Brazilian reais ($3.35 million) so it may be remodeled right into a cinema museum.
“We will make it public and open it for visitation, the place that brought Brazil’s first Oscar in almost 100 years of the awards,” Paes mentioned in his social media channels.
Rio’s O Globo and O Estado de S. Paulo, two of Brazil’s hottest newspapers, had nearly equivalent headlines: “At last, Brazil has an Oscar win.” The South American nation has had 4 different movies nominated for Academy Awards: “Keeper of Promises” (1963), “O Quatrilho” (1996), “Four Days in September” (1998) and “Central Station” (1999).
Brazilian TV and social media repeatedly confirmed footage from the early hours of Monday, native time, with outbursts of pleasure throughout the nation and past, together with at Rio’s Sambadrome, a stadium the place the glitzy Carnival parades happen yearly, over the victory of the Walter Salles-directed movie. And in Mexico, a TV broadcast staff was seen dancing to rejoice the win.
The movie’s star, Fernanda Torres, was nominated for finest actress. Her defeat to Anora’s Mikey Madison disenchanted many Brazilians. “I’m Still Here” was additionally a nominee for finest image, one other first for a Brazilian movie. These losses didn’t dampen the celebration over the worldwide movie Academy Award.
“This was our first, we want to soon have two just like our friends and rivals from Argentina,” mentioned Paulo Almeida, 30-year-old theater actor. “I am so very happy and hopeful that this will boost our movie industry for decades, just like it did for our neighbors.”
Argentina has gained the worldwide characteristic on the Oscars with “The Official Story” (1986) and “The Secret in Their Eyes” (2010).
Brazilian media reported that Torres was invited to the “Champions Parade” of Rio’s Carnival, which can happen Saturday with the highest six performers on the samba faculty league. She has but to substantiate however hope amongst followers is excessive.
“She is the movie. We need to celebrate her as much as we can,” mentioned Vania Martins, a retired instructor. “Brazilian cinema deserved this win long ago. There’s movies that were even better than ‘I’m Still Here’ and didn’t even get nominated. I hope that this win puts a spotlight on a country that does great, great things for art too.”
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