The Cuban film "Conducta", along with "Relatos salvajes" from Argentina; "Kaplan" from Uruguay and "La distancia más larga", from Venezuela will be the candidates to the award to the best Latin American films at the 29th edition of the Goya award. This Cuban film directed by Ernesto Daranas narrates the complicated life of Chala, an eleven-year old boy who lives alone with his mother and who is sent to a correctional school.
Carmela, a sixth grade teacher will establish a special relation with him and assumed the role of defending the boy against the intolerable decision made by the school: to send Chala to a correctional school. Chala is performed by Armando Valdés, who was selected after a casting called for this character and Carmela is performed by the experienced actress Alina Rodríguez.
Conducta has been classified as a "tough, critical, sentimental, shocking and polemical" film and has succeeded in several cinema festivals and in the opinion of the critics. This Cuban film will compete along with Relatos salvajes, directed by Damian Szifrón and a candidate to the Oscars representing Argentina. This film is a co-production with Spain which narrates six independent stories placed in common situations that turn extremes. Its main characters are performed by actors like Ricardo Darín, Leonardo Sbaraglia and Dario Grandinetti.
On the other hand, the dramatic comedy Kaplan was produced by Spain, Uruguay an Germany and it was directed by Álvaro Brechner. This film narrates the story of a man that decided to leave a trace of him when he turns 75.
The forth candidate is the film "La distancia más larga", by Claudia Pinto Emperador a film that shows two faces of Venezuela through a grandmother and her grandson who are chaos and heaven. The awards will be presented on February 7th in a gala to be celebrated in the city of Madrid. Other major films to be presented are the Spanish films La isla mínima, El niño, Loreak, Magical girl and the Argentinean film Relatos salvajes.
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Translated by: Osmany Ortiz González (Azurina)