Axel Kuschevatzky explained why Roma is the "indisputable candidate" to win the Oscar for best foreign film

The screenwriter and producer, who got a statuette for The secret of his eyes, bet the Mexican movie.

February 24, 2019

The 91st delivery of the Oscar Award, which will be held this Sunday in the Dolby Theater in Los Angeles. Directors, writers, actors, actresses, fans, they are all worried and want to know who will take the precious statuettes!

The most nominated films are Rome and The favouritethey have the opportunity to win 10 prizes. The favorite film of the public is Rome, which competes in the categories best film, best foreign film, best realization, best actress (Yalitza Aparicio), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Marina of Tavira), Best Original Screenplay, Best Photography, Best Artistic Direction, Best Sound Editing and Best Sound Mixing.

Axel Kuschevatzky, writer and producer, winner of the 2009 Oscar prize in the best foreign film category The secret of his eyesHe explained why he had put all his chips in Rome.

"Roma is the natural, logical and undeniable candidate to win the statuette in the category of best foreign film.I think it's very possible that Cuarón wins the Oscar for best director, the category of the best film is more complicated, more difficult to anticipate because the members of the Academy tend to be more Anglo-Saxon and that they are asked to vote for a film in another language is more difficult.We do not say that Rome can not win, but I would not be surprised that another film in the category of best film, "explained Axel in an interview to CNN in Spanish.

In addition, the scriptwriter does not believe that the protagonist of the film, Yalitza, can win an Oscar. Marina de Tavira: "I think Yalitza has complicated her in her categories, Glenn Close is the big nominee of the best actress, in the case of Marina, we must remember that the voters of the Academy are actors Most of them are affiliated with the actors' unions and neither she nor Yalitza can, they can play against them, we must recognize that Marina is the surprise of his category, his performance is fabulous and no one thought they could be named.