Goya 2022: 'The Good Patron', winner in a "Berlanguian" night

Finally, the record of nominations for The good boss It did not translate into a Goyas record, although Fernando León de Aranoa's film is the big winner of the night: Best Film, Best Direction, Best Original Screenplay and Best Male Performance, among other categories. Of course, the 36th edition of the Goya has had three other big winners: Maixabel, The laws of the border y Mediterranean. Parallel Mothers by Pedro Almodóvar is leaving empty, waiting for possible recognition at the Oscars.

The spectacular architecture of Palau de les Artes Reina Sofía of Valencia takes over from Málaga, co-star of the last two editions (in-person and hybrid) of the Goya Awards 2022. The auditorium has hosted what is possibly the meeting that the Spanish film industry needed. At the moment in which the film industry resumes audiovisual production, the Film Academy has built a show loaded with references (voluntary and involuntary) to the life, work and vision of Luis García-Berlanga in the land where he was born.

For example, creating a Goya International could evoke the spirit of the Villar del Río committee, but the truth is that the warmth and words about the industry to Spain from a reference like Cate Blanchett They knew how to get everyone in the room on their feet. In his speech there was time to recognize the trajectory and inspiration of Pedro Almodovar y Penelope Cruz, responsible for delivering the international Goya and with whom the Australian will work during 2022 in the adaptation of Manual for cleaning women; as well as the influence of Buñuel in his decision to start dedicating himself to cinema.

Jose Sacristan, applauded for long minutes, received the Goya of Honor for a career dedicated to interpretation at the hands of Nora Navas, vice president of the Academy. Moderate and tempered, in a poetic speech he has thanked family, academics and the public for a life dedicated to interpretation; to those who are and those who are not.

Before, Mariano Barroso He opted for kindness in his speech. Aside from claims (which there were also regarding the lack of social security coverage for actors), the president of the Film Academy has put the value of the film industry as a whole. It has also left space to remember the figure of Almudena Grandes, who wrote about the “less obvious part of reality”; Pilar Bardem o Veronica Forqué: “No one ever hid their pain in such a beautiful way.”

Emotion with the Berlanga seal

The production has been correct, despite the almost inevitable failures of the live performance, and the direction of Dani de la Torre It has helped reduce distances and highlight discourses, reactions and emotions. Despite everything (and against everything), cinema continues. It is a unanimous message. It is quite an act of resistance. The message has resonated like an echo among the winners, who have made use of all the Spanish co-official languages.

The gala, as a whole, continues to inherit the greatest defects of its predecessors: its long duration of more than three hours (largely marked by the length of his speeches) or the bland of its humorous moments, absent of acidity. In its favor, the “explosive” beginning with a fireworks display (and the reference to Calabuch and to the Austro-Hungarian Empire), the opening monologue of Carmen Machi (rightly avoiding the most superficial joke), or the care taken in the photography of its exquisite musical numbers, in which the warm interpretation of C. Tangana and Rita Payés of I worship you, and the collaboration between Joaquín Sabina and Leiva.

Discreetly initial opening by Jedet, Bebe and Cristina Castaño starred a questionable and choreographed update of Libre by Nino Bravo and, despite our rich folklore, the fanfare hollywoodienses They continue to star in every award and transition. Berlanga, again, like the Guadiana.

The Good Patron leads the major categories

The Good Patron, with six awards, was the big winner of the night, followed by The laws of the border (5), Maixabel (3) y Mediterranean (3). Possibly the most Berlanguian film among the nominees of the night by pointing out the seams of our identity, it has taken the Goya for Best Film. Aranoa Lion has also won the Goya for Best Direction. “It was about making a comedy with the usual materials of drama,” He has narrated in his speech highlighting the complexity of transmitting this axiom in all phases of the film. He Best Original Screenplay, confirming all bets, rounds off the victory of the tragicomedy The good boss. Applauded by cheers, the scriptwriter and director has collected the Goya, pointing to the previous reform of the Labor Law as the driving force to write the story set in an undetermined place in Spain.

Among the awards of The laws of the border, one of the great winners of the night, highlights the Goya for Best Adapted Screenplay, which they have received Daniel Monzon y Jorge Guerricaechevarría. The adaptation, capable of playing between essence and naturalness, adapts the novel of the same name by Javier Cercas. We must not forget the merit of Freedom. The film has allowed, beyond achieving a nomination for Best Picture, Clara Roquet wins the award for Best New Director. In his thanks, he did not hesitate to recognize the privilege he had to put the film into motion... and demand that, in the future, other Libertads can tell their own stories.

Regarding foreign films, the Goya for Best European Film has resulted in the celebrated Danish film Another round, movie by Thomas Vinterberg. winner of the Oscar Award for Best International Film in 2020. On the other hand, The Mountain Range of Dreams has been chosen Best Ibero-American Film. Patricio Guzman He once again opts for an exercise in memory to tell his vision of the history of Chile.

Technical and artistic awards

Macarena Gómez has presented the award to Best cinematography a Kiko de la Rica by Mediterranean and its close photography, raw, natural and absorbed by the natural elements that surround the tragedy that the film recounts. Marcel Barrena. Immediately after, Vanessa Marimbert has received the Goya for Best Editing for his work in The good boss, a dynamic puzzle that knows how to play perfectly with the tensions of the Básculas Blanco countdown. He Goya for Best Special Effects It has been the only award that has been won Way Down. Pau Costa y Laura Pedro have been the direct recipients of an award in which the work of The Ranchito It has played a fundamental role in creating impregnable crowds and spaces.

After three nominations, Balter Gallart has achieved the Goya for Best Artistic Direction for his work in The laws of the Borders. In love with history, Gallart has celebrated the great opportunity to transport an era he lived through. Furthermore, he wanted to recognize the value of post-production, which has played a fundamental role "beyond what could be done on set." The immersive and dense journey to the 70s of the film has also been highlighted from the costumes, since Escobar vignette and his team have achieved the Goya for Best Costume Design; and characterization, since the Goya for Best Makeup and Hairstyling has gone to Sarai Rodríguez, Benjamín Pérez y Nacho Diaz.

The Goya at Best Production Design they have taken it Albert Espel y Kostas Sfakianakis for the ambitious and complex work of Mediterranean. Excited, Espel has highlighted the plot value of the film and has requested that our sea stop being a “great mass grave.”

Bardem and Portillo, best protagonists

Javier Bardem has achieved the Goya for Best Leading Actor for his work in The good boss. All bets were directed in that direction, but that does not mean it loses merit in a highly contested category with great roles and characters. He Goya for Best Actress has recognized the role of Blanca Portillo in Maixabel. After four nominations, Portillo wins the first bust for an exciting role, full of truth and bravery.

Nora Navas, by Freedom, has taken the Goya for Best Supporting Actress shouting “Visca el cinema”. It is his second recognition from the Academy, since he achieved recognition in 2010 (on that occasion as the protagonist) for his work in Black bread. He Goya for Best Supporting Actor he has taken it Urka Olazabal for his role in Maixabel, beating the three nominations it received The good boss in the same category.

He Goya for Breakthrough Actress, which has arrived accompanied by messages from the close relatives of the nominees, has added an extra point of emotionality, an award that has recognized the work of Maria Cerezuela in Maixabel In the men's race, Chechu Salgado and his interpretation of Zarco in The Laws of the Borders The balance has tipped.

Zeltia Montes breaks the hegemony of Iglesias

Alberto Iglesias has not won in the Best Original Music category, and it is news. What is not so great is that the fantastic soundtrack of Zeltia Montes in The Good Patron It was the first Goya of the night for León de Aranoa's film. Slow and full of emotion, Montes' words have highlighted the talent of female composers and have called on the industry to reflect on the investment of productions in the composition of original music, a chain in which the performers “finally lose out.” He Goya for Best Original Song has reached one of the most outstanding voices of the new Spanish flamenco: Maria José Llergó, for the song The sea awaits you from the movie Mediterranean. “As a society, we can prevent the Mediterranean from continuing to be a mass grave day after day,” he stressed.

Charo López, Belén Rueda, Vicky Peña, Juana Acosta and Najwa Nimri delivered the Goya for Best Sound a Three. Daniel Fontrodona, Oriol Tarragó, Marc Bech y Marc Orts They collected the award, underlining the immersiveness of a daring work that achieved the recognition of the members of the Academy.

Short films, documentaries and animation

The Goya at Best Fiction Short Film has recognized the first step of Veronica Echegui to the direction and script: Totem Loba, a production led by Estella Films and Pólvora Films with Álex García, Arturo Valls, Carmela Martínez Oliart and Félix Tusell Sánchez. In his speech, a direct message to Pedro Sánchez, present in the room, to see the piece with his “wife and daughters.” The candidacy documentary has valued the history and artistic value of Mama, Pablo de la Chica's odyssey with the production of David Casas Riesco, David Torres Vázquez, Diego Urruchi, Eduardo Jiménez, Fernando J. Monge, Jordi Rubio, Kathleen McInnis, Miguel González, Néstor López and Soo-Jeong Kang. The Goya of Best Animated Short Film Lorenzo Degl’Innocenti and Xosé Zapata have won it for The Monkey, una producción de Diogo Carvalho, Nicolás Matji, Nuno Beato y Xosé Zapata. Sobre el escenario, el mono que protagoniza la pieza (en forma de peluche, afortunadamente) y un discurso que ha subrayado el valor de la industria de la animación tanto hispana como lusa.

La gigantesca e inclasificable obra Quien lo impide of Jonás Trueba ha ganado el Goya a Mejor Película Documental, un relato de más de cinco años de toda una generación producida por Javier Lafuente, Laura Renau y Lorena Tudela. La ausencia de grandes competidores comerciales ha permitido que la creatividad primara las películas nominadas a Mejor Película de Animación. Finalmente, el reconocimiento se lo ha llevado Valentina, exciting musical produced by Brandán de Brano, Chelo Loureiro, Luís da Matta, Mariano Baratech and Noa García and directed by Chelo Loureiro, who thanked all the women for the award.