CELL 211 AND AGORA RULE GOYA AWARDS
Prison thriller CELL 211 and RACHEL WEISZ’s historical drama AGORA were t= he big winners at Spain’s Goya Awards on Sunday night (14Feb10).
Cell 211 scooped a massive eight trophies at the ceremony in Madrid, in= cluding Best Film, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Director for Daniel Monz= on and Best Actor for Luis Tosar.
Agora, which stars Weisz as a female philosophy professor in Roman Egyp= t, picked up seven prizes with nods for Best Special Effects, Wardrobe an= d Best Original Screenplay.
Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire was chosen as best European film.
Penelope Cruz missed out on the Best Actress statuette for her role in = Pedro Almodovar’s film Broken Embraces - the coveted prize went to Spanis= h actress Lola Duenas for Me, Too.
Almodovar - who quit the academy in 2005, citing disagreements with the= voting procedures - received a standing ovation as he made a welcome ret= urn to the Goyas after a five-year absence, with a late appearance at the= ceremony to present the Best Film prize.
And he credited academy president Alex de la Iglesia with facilitating = his return, telling the crowd, "I’m here because you have a very persiste= nt president. He pestered me until two days ago. And I had a lot of excus= es, but he wouldn’t take no for an answer."
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