Agustín Almodóvar: “Stories Wild” stands on its own – El Universal (Venezuela)

Madrid, December 19 (EFE) .- The name of Pedro Almodóvar serves “to open many doors” in the film but the film Argentina “wild stories”, of which he is a producer, “stands on its own”. Therefore, his brother Agustín told Efe that the film has “potential” in the race for Oscar.

The Academy Awards announced today that Wild Stories , of Argentina, Libertador , of Venezuela, Polish Ida -recent winner of Europeans Film Awards and ribbons Estonia, Georgia, Mauritania, Netherlands, Russia and Sweden are the nine finalists for the Oscar Best Foreign Language Film.

“Peter is highly respected. It has a very long history and very full too, because it had many opportunities to work in English. Your name is used to open many doors and call attention, but then the film has to make the cut and I think being given at all times very happy, “Agustín Almodóvar, co-founder with his brother’s production company El Deseo.

Ensures that are pointed” “and remember that Wild Stories has won the US National Board Review,” a prize that you can always give the impression that you may be in short “list of the Oscars. “There are going to deny that we did have expectations,” he said.

think Wild Stories , “a story in six stories” directed by Argentine Damián Szifrón is a movie ” special “which was” very difficult “in the beginning, both production and sale, because it was” very risky “in a mood” too radical “.

” But it has grown, and has a character of contagion beyond the culture in Spanish. In Argentina has been a historic success in Spain is fine, but the real test is to cross the language barrier and enter the English-speaking world. It begins to give very promising steps in that world, in that culture and the industry. “

Agustín Almodóvar believes that although” the Anglo-Saxon “is” very sensitive “to” political correctness “the film is closely associated to “a world in Spanish” and are not “affected” by the review “ferocious” makes about the system, on the relationship with citizens and their “abuse”.

In any case , accurate, has understood “very well” everywhere and “is raising much appreciation.”

“Let all. We have a great ally that is Sony Pictures Classics -the distribuidora-. Do not throw the rooftops and sin of triumphalist, because much remains to be walking, but this is a given that there were eighty step many movies, twenty more than usual “.

In their rivals only know Ida, as “wonderful” that Pedro Almodóvar has put on its list of first, Force majeure (Sweden) and Leviathan ( Russia).

“It’s difficult but love being in that company. In the end we are not going against anyone: we’re all in the same, “he added

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