:quality(75)/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/elcomercio/BQB25EVLOVH6TCMRLHLDROFIL4.jpg "Oscar 2021: “The Human Voice”, short by Pedro Almodóvar, between the finalists USA EEUU United States nndc | SPECTACULOS")
“The Human Voice”, the English cortometry directed by Pedro Almodóvar and protagonist of the British actress Tilda Swinton, was selected this Monday by the Academy of Hollywood as a semifinalist to compete for the Oscar for Best Short.
This is the second consecutive year in which an Almodóvar work will outperform this court in that the Academy selects ten candidates who compete to host the final nomination. The final nomination of nominees will be on March 15.
On this occasion, the Spanish filmmaker was taxed, along with other shortcomings, in an apartment that had 174 entries.
Produced by El Deseo, “The Human Voice” is an English-language protagonist story by actress Tilda Swinton, lasting 30 minutes, which features a moral lesson on Jean Cocteaue’s homonymous homologue.
This is a text that Hecho has used on various occasions in the filmography of the Spanish director. Carmen Maura emulated in “La ley del deseo” (1987) and was originally named “Mujeres al bord de un ataque de nervios” (1988), one of his most acclaimed works.
To announce the final nomination will be the consecutive second for Almodóvar, which last year wore the red alphabet of the awards given to Antonio Banderas by the “Dolor y Gloria” algorithm.
Almodóvar has won two Oscars for “Todo sobre mi madre” (1999) and “Hable con ella” (2002). In this edition, which will be celebrated on April 25 in a format to determine the cause of the coronavirus pandemic, the Spanish songs that follow with options to raise the prize to the best international song “Ya no estoy aquí” (Mexico), “The Top Agent” (Chile) and “La llorona” (Guatemala).