LONDON.- The American film One Battle After Another This Sunday she was the great winner of the BAFTAthe awards British cinema, winning six awards, including best movie and director, so it comes out stronger three weeks before the Oscars.
For its part, Brazilian cinema, which attended the ceremony with four nominationscompeting for the awards for non-English speaking film and original screenplay, both with the film The secret agentcould not win any prize.
One Battle After Anotherwhich started as a favorite with fourteen BAFTA nominations, won, in addition to best film and director (Paul Thomas Anderson), four more for supporting actor (Sean Penn), adapted script, photography and editing.
The winning film of the night, a tragicomedy that addresses extremist excesses in the United States, won against Sinnersanother American film, which won three of the 13 nominations it received.
Sinnerswhich mixes a vampire plot with segregationism in the 1930s in the United States, won the categories of original screenplay, supporting actress (the British Wunmi Mosaku, born in Nigeria) and original music.
Three away from the record
One Battle After Anotherwith its six awards, could not beat the record for the most BAFTA awards in an edition held, since 1971, by the also American Two men and one destinywhich achieved nine.
“Unfortunately, the title (of the film) makes sense” today, Anderson said after the ceremony.
“It’s just starting to feel like one battle after another these days. But keep hoping,” he added.
Frankensteinby Mexican director Guillermo del Toro, took home three awards, out of the eight it was up for, in the categories of makeup and hair, production design and sound.
The Brazilian film The secret agentnominated for four Oscar statuettes, saw the Norwegian film win the best non-English film category sentimental value.
The Brazilian production also failed to win the award for best original script, which went to Sinners.
Brazil came with four candidates, also having Apocalypse in the Tropicsin best documentary, and Adolpho Veloso, in photography, for Dreams of Trembut these did not take the prize either.
The BAFTAs, considered a barometer before the Oscars – which will be awarded on March 15 – also left room for surprise by awarding the 33-year-old British actor Robert Aramayo with the best actor category for his role in I Swear (Uncontrollable), a social comedy about a young man with Tourette syndrome.
Aramayo beat the French-American Timothée Chalamet, favorite for this award, for his role in Marty Supreme and Leonardo DiCaprio (One Battle After Another).
“I can’t believe I won. I really can’t believe it,” the actor declared through tears.
Irishwoman Jessie Buckley won the best actress award for her performance in Hamneta British-American co-production.
Hamnet It was up for 11 awards, winning two, as it also won best British film.
The American film Marty Supremewhich was also up for 11 awards, did not win any.
Presence of William and Kate
The Prince and Princess of Wales, William and Katherine, attended the ceremony, after a difficult week for the royal family, marked by the arrest of Andrew, their uncle, and brother of King Charles III, for the Epstein case.
In the prince’s first official appearance since then, William told event organizers that he had not seen the Shakespearean drama Hamnet.
“I should be in a fairly calm state, which is not the case at the moment,” he confessed.
The list of candidates for the BAFTAs is similar to that of the Hollywood awards, with Sinners leading with 16 candidates, followed by One Battle After Another with 13.
