Penelope Cruzfor ‘Parallel Mothers’, and Javier Bardemfor ‘Being the Ricardos’, have obtained two Oscar nominations in the categories of best actress and best actor in a leading role. The double candidacy constitutes an absolute milestone for Spanish cinema, since never before have there been Spanish performers nominated in both categories in the same year.
This is the fourth Oscar nomination for both Cruz and Bardem. The Madrid interpreter won the statuette for best supporting actress in 2009 for ‘Vicky Cristina Barcelona’ and was among the finalists for ‘Volver’ (2007) and ‘Nine’ (2010). On this occasion, her rivals will be Jessica Chastain (‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’), Olivia Colman (‘The Lost Daughter’), Nicole Kidman (‘Being the Ricardos’) and Kristen Stewart (‘Spencer’).
Bardem, meanwhile, won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 2007 for his role in ‘No country for old men’ and earned nominations for ‘Before Night Falls’ (2001) and ‘Biutiful’ (2010). This time Benedict Cumberbatch (‘The Power of the Dog’), Andrew Garfield (‘Tick Tick… Boom’), Will Smith (‘The Williams Method’) and Denzel Washington (‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’) will be measured.
Other nominated couples
Cruz and Barden they are not the first couple in real life to achieve two nominations in the same year; before they did Laurence Olivier and Vivian Leigh, Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor and Rex Harrison and Rachel Roberts.
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The Spanish presence at the 2022 Oscars gala will not be limited to the two actors, since the composer Alberto Iglesias He has also achieved a nomination in the category of best music for his work on the film ‘Madres Parales’, by Pedro Almodóvar (which was left out of the quintet of finalists in the award for best non-English language film), and the director and entertainer from Madrid Alberto Mielgo will opt for the Oscar for best animated short film for ‘The windshield wiper’.
‘The power of the dog’, by Jane Campion, with 12 nominations, part as the film with the most options for a prize at the Oscar gala that will take place on March 27 in Los Angeles. They are followed in number of nominations by ‘Dune’, with 10, and ‘Belfast’, ‘The Williams Method’ and ‘West Side Story’, with seven.