Dolores Fonzi directs, cowrites, and stars in the true life Argentinian legal drama Belén which premiered in its native country earlier this fall. An Amazon Prime bow is planned stateside in the near future. The supporting cast includes Camila Pláate, Laura Paredes, Julieta Cardinali, and César Troncoso.
Selected as Argentina’s hopeful for Best International Feature Film, it is among the six contenders for Foreign Language Film at the Critics Choice Awards (a bit of a surprise nominee). It will attempt to become the nation’s fifth Oscar nominee of the 21st century behind 2001’s Son of the Bride, 2009’s The Secret in Their Eyes (which won), Wild Tales from 2014, and 2022’s Argentina, 1985.
The 94% Rotten Tomatoes rating is encouraging, but the 70 Metacritic is more telling. Belén would need to leap some serious competitors that could lock down nods beyond IFF including Sentimental Value, It Was Just an Accident, The Secret Agent, No Other Choice, and Sirât. That could be a tall order, but this category has had unexpected inclusions before. My Oscar Prediction posts will continue…
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