The Chilean 'A Fantastic Woman', nominated for best foreign film at the 2018 Oscars

The film directed by Sebastián Lelio and participated by RTVE competes for the award along with the films 'El insulto', 'Sin amor', 'The Square' and 'En cuerpo y alma'.

The Chilean film a fantastic woman, participated by RTVE, aspires to win the statuette after his nomination to the Oscar for best foreign language film. The film by Sebastián Lelio starring Daniela Vega will compete for the award at the ceremony to be held on March 4 in Los Angeles.

This is the 90th edition of the Oscars, where the film will compete in the best foreign film category with The insult (Ziad Doueiri), Loveless (Andrei Zviaquintsev), The Square (Ruben Östlund) y In body and soul (Ildikó Enyedi).

a fantastic woman tells the story of Marina, a young transsexual who faces the sudden death of her partner, Orlando (Francisco Reyes), 20 years older than her. In the duel, he will be the target of reproaches, prejudice and violence from his partner's family.

The film has been recognized at the Fénix Awards for Ibero-American cinema in the categories of best direction, fiction feature film and female performance; at the Forqué Awards for best Latin American film; and at the Berlin Festival where it won the Silver Bear for best screenplay.