Madrid, Feb. 13 (BUS): “The Good Boss” directed by Fernando Leon de Aranoa won the award for the best Spanish film, winning six awards including best film and best actor for Javier Bardem.
Shortlisted for an Academy Award in the International Feature Film category, Leon d’Aranoa won Best Director and Best Workplace Screenplay, Leon d’Aranoa won Best Director and Best Workplace Screenplay, and also won awards for Editing and Best Score. At a party on Saturday.
“The Good Boss” entered tonight with a record 20 Goya Awards nominations from the Spanish Academy.
Blanca Portillo surpassed Penelope Cruz for best actress for her role in “Maixabel,” the true story of the widow of a politician assassinated by the Basque separatist group ETA, the Associated Press reports.
Cruz will get another shot for her role in Pedro Almodovar’s Parallel Mothers after being nominated for Best Actress for the Academy Awards. Bardem, her husband, will also compete for an Academy Award for his role in Being the Ricardos.
The Goyas party, which lasted for more than three hours, was held in Valencia with all the traditional pomp after last year’s version that was broadcast almost due to the pandemic.