THE Oscar It has existed for almost a century, but since its inception, the Brazil never won an official prize. This year, with “I’m still here”, which received three nominations, the country has finally the chance to take the statuette home.
But did you know that although not officially, Brazil has already won an Oscar? This happened in the 1960 edition, when “Black orphew ”Won in the category of best international film (at the time, called Best Foreign Film).
The production tells the tragic love story between Euridice, a young woman, and Orpheus, a driver and musician, who meet and fall in love during Carnival in Rio de Janeiro. However, Orpheus already has a jealous bride.
Following the original legend, the couple’s love is constantly threatened by death, and Orpheus is willing to face the greatest challenges, even descend to hell, to save his beloved. Adapted from the play “Orfeu da Conceição”, by Vinicius de Moraes, and co -produced between Brazil, France and Italy, “Orfeu Negro” Gold At the Cannes International Film Festival and the following year, he received a nomination for the Academy Award.
Although it may seem surprising, even being filmed in Brazil, starring Brazilians, spoken in Portuguese and with a typically national plot, The victory of “Black Orpheus” granted the Oscar to France . This happened because the Academy of Film Arts and Sciences (Amppas) considered the French movie due to the nationality of its director, Marcel Camus .
Today, according to the gym rules, for a film to represent its country of origin, it is necessary that much of the work is spoken in the native language, presenting rowing cultural elements of that nation and has a significant part of production from this country.
One of the most significant changes in the category occurred after “motorcycle diaries” Walter Salles a co -production between Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Chile and the United States, to be disqualified from the dispute for not having “enough elements of a single country to qualify.”
THE 97th Oscar Ceremony It happens next Sunday (2), at Dolby Theater, Hollywood, with live broadcast in Brazil by TNT and Max, from 21h (Brasília time). Check out this year’s full list of nominees.
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This content was originally published in Brazilian co -production has already won Oscar, but did not have the statuette on the CNN Brazil website.
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