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Walter Salles Talks Gael García Bernal Reunion; Sócrates Soccer Doc & ‘I’m Still Here’ Oscar Triumph: ‘The Film Had To Speak For Itself’ – Qumra
Walter Salles Talks Gael Bernal García Reunion; Soccer Doc-Series & ‘I’m Still Here’ Oscar Triumph - Qumra
“We’ve been trying for a long time,” Salles told journalists at the Doha Film Institute’s Qumra event this weekend, saying they had worked on a project involving characters from different Latin American countries that had not come to fruition. He’s one of my closest friends and one of the persons I love most in life and in cinema as well, he was an incredible co-author of The Diaries,” Salles said of the Mexican star, whose recent credits include La Máquena and Holland. “This specific Oscars was the celebration of independent cinema as a whole, in all fields,” said Salles, adding he agreed wholeheartedly with Baker’s battle-cry acceptance speech calling for films to be shown in movie theaters.
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