The Argentinian Film...

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...that no one has seen, and which none of the hip know-it-alls were voting for on their ballots, has won for Best Foreign Language Film. The Secrets in Their Eyes or words to that effect.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on March 7, 2010 at 7:42 PM

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reverent and free says ...

They're apparently reusing the homage idea from last year for Best Actor only this year. But not necessarily former winners this time.

Posted by reverent and free at March 7, 2010 7:52 PM

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reverent and free says ...

Check. They're also doing it for Leading Actress.

Posted by reverent and free at March 7, 2010 8:08 PM

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FWickman says ...

It's both truly great and much more of a crowd-pleaser, so I'm not surprised.

Jeff, considering your love of both Zodiac and Children of Men-style "how in the hell?!" long takes, I think you'll be a fan (long take: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hffLoBKeHWk).

Posted by FWickman at March 7, 2010 8:14 PM

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lipranzer says ...

The folks at Awards Daily have been playing up this film for a while. I'm definitely curious to see it.

Posted by lipranzer at March 7, 2010 8:50 PM

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rory taylor says ...

jesus christ. the best ones beat themselves out. so whats left.

Posted by rory taylor at March 7, 2010 8:57 PM

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Matthew Lucas says ...

EL SECRETO DE SUS OJOS is the weakest of the bunch. Not shocked it won.

Posted by Matthew Lucas at March 7, 2010 9:55 PM

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Ephemerinko says ...

Once again, Jeff, you really should see everything before you offer an opinion. Or don't offer an opinion. The pedigrees of those involved plus the quality of the film made it a serious contender from the git-go. Do your job, man, or don't bitch.

Posted by Ephemerinko at March 7, 2010 9:56 PM

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FWickman says ...

@Ephemerinko To be fair Jeff didn't really offer an opinion on the movie (a dismissive attitude maybe, but no opinion).

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BurmaShave says ...

I kind of admire Ricardo Darin for not crossing over. One of the best leading actors in the world and almost no one in the United States has heard of him. Is that by choice I wonder

Posted by BurmaShave at March 8, 2010 9:39 AM

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DarthCorleone says ...

Given that this is one of the few categories that requires votes to come from Academy members that have actually seen all five films, it's not a shock that we had another surprise in this category. How many of the 6000 voters went to the trouble this year? 1000 seems generous, and hip-know-it-alls really can't base an informed opinion on having all seen A Prophet and White Ribbon.

Posted by DarthCorleone at March 8, 2010 10:03 AM

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TM says ...

I recall that the year that Lives of Others won the award, only 86 voters qualified out of the 5000+ Academy members. It meant the film only had to garner 18 votes to win the award. So I think the percentage is a lot lower than most people realize.

Posted by TM at March 8, 2010 4:36 PM

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TM says ...

And I would respectfully disagree with Matthew Lucas and say that both Ajami and The Milk of Sorrow were flawed. I'm not surprised that The Secret in Their Eyes won. I would guess that White Ribbon and A Prophet had their supporters but when White Ribbon lost the cinematography award, I knew it wasn't going to win the Foreign Film prize.

Posted by TM at March 8, 2010 4:39 PM

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