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Brazil’s Oscar-Winning ‘I’m Still Here’ Sweeps Platino Awards in Madrid
Walter Salles’ political drama “I’m Still Here” swept top honors at the Platino Awards, Ibero-America's most prominent awards event.
“100 Years of Solitude” director Alex Garcia Lopez thanked Netflix VP of Content Paco Ramos and the company “for having the vision, the guts, the crazy idea of buying the rights to this book and giving all of us the opportunity to bring Gabo’s [Nobel Laureate author Gabriel García Márquez] words to life.” Apologizing for her imperfect Spanish, the Texas-born actress, director, producer and activist said: “I’ve had the dream of proudly representing my roots and honoring, in particular, Hispanic women. Meanwhile, Spanish composer Alberto Iglesias, a frequent collaborator of Pedro Almodovar, won his sixth Premio Platino, for his original score in Almodóvar’s first English-language feature “The Room Next Door.”
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