Trueba’s dream fades
His chances are over. Fernando Trueba will not be able to clinch a repeat Oscar win. His film The Dancer and the Thief [+see also:
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The decision of the Academy, which raised a few doubts at the time, will once again be called into question in light of the recent accolades garnered by Pedro Almodóvar’s Broken Embraces [+see also:
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Oddly enough, the nine finalists include two majority Spanish productions representing other countries: Peru (Claudia Llosa’s The Milk of Sorrow [+see also:
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Interview Juan José Campanella [IT]
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(Translated from Spanish)
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