“The Revenant” by Iñárritu, sweeps Bafta – The Universal

The Mexican director Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu will star in this year’s edition of the Bafta awards received eight nominations for “The Revenant”, which tells the story of revenge by an American hunter injured by a bear.

The film, based on the novel by Michael Punke on the life of trapper Hugh Glass is the most nominated after “Carol” and “Bridge of Spies”, with nine mentions each, according to the list released today by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Bafta).

“The Revenant” with Leonardo DiCaprio in the title role, will compete in the categories of best film, best actor and best director, where González Iñárritu faces Adam McKay, for “The Big Short”; Ridley Scott, for “The Martian”; Todd Haynes with “Carol”; and Steven Spielberg for “Bridge of Spies”.

The filmmaker, who already won in 2002 in the UK with “Amores Perros”, hopes to repeat the success of “The Birdman” in 2015, which Hollywod took four Oscars, but only won the Bafta Photography, ten that was nominated.

The films that arouse most interest in this issue of the British film awards, which are presented as the prelude to the Oscars, are also “Carol,” which tells a love story between two women in the United States in the early 50s, and “Bridge of Spies”, the thrilling story of a spy swap between Washington and Moscow during the Cold War.

British Eddie Redmayne, who last year won in the Bafta and Oscar in “The Theory of Everything”, hopes to repeat double as best actor for his portrayal of the Danish painter . transsexual Lili Elbe in “The Danish Girl,” which received five nominations

Also vying for the award for best male performer Bryan Cranston for “Trumbo”; Leonardo di Caprio, which would get his first Bafta and Oscar, for “The Revenant”; Matt Damon, with “The Martian”; . and Michael Fassbender for his portrayal of Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, in the movie of the same title

The nominations in the best actress category fall on Alicia Vikander for “The Danish Girl”; Brie Larson for “Room” -the chronicle of a mother and her child after years beyond cautividad-, Cate Blanchett, for his impeccable performance in “Carol” Maggie Smith, for his role in “The Lady in the Van” and Saoirse Ronan for “Brooklyn”.

The best supporting actor elect from Benicio Del Toro, Mark Ruffalo, Christian Bale, Idris Elba and veteran of the British stage, which shines Mark Rylance in ” Bridge of Spies “- and compete for the title of best supporting actress Rooney Mara, Kate Winslet, Julie Walters, Jennifer Jason Leigh and Alicia Vikander, this time by” Ex Machina “

Actor. New film “Star Wars” John Boyega compete with the controversial film actress “Fifty Shades of Grey” Dakota Johnson for the Bafta for Best Newcomer of the Year, along with Taron Egerton (“Kingsman”), Brie Larson ( “Room”) and Bel Powley (“The Diary of Teenage Girl”).

Recognition for Best Newcomer, which in 2014 was Jack O’Connell for “Unbroken” is the only one of the prizes awarded by the public through an online vote.

After the nominations, released today in London by actor and writer Stephen Fry and actress Gugu Mbatha-Raw will take place on 14 February, the ceremony awards in London’s Royal Opera House, with the usual red carpet expected to attend numerous stars.

The Bafta awards are given since 1949, two years after the founding of the Academy, and his reward is a golden statuette shaped mask.

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