(ANSA) - ROME, FEB 10 - Italian director Gianfranco Rosi s Notturno (Nocturne) has made the Oscar shortlist, for best
documentary, along with Laura Pausini s song for the latest
Sophia Loren film, La vita davanti a sé , (The Life Ahead), the
Academy said Tuesday evening.
The make-up and hair work for Matteo Garrone s Pinocchio also
made the list, as well as Italian expat in France Filippo
Meneghetti s debut Due (Two) which is on the best foreign film
shortlist.
Loren, 86, who was not nominated for her acclaimed performance
as an ex-prostitute who bonds with a migrant boy in her son
Edoardo Ponti s latest work, is however in the short documentary
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Amazon Studios landed two films on the feature shortlist
Time, directed by Garrett Bradley, and
All In: The Fight for Democracy, directed by Liz Garbus and Lisa Cortés.
Time, which touches on mass incarceration through the experience of one Black family in Louisiana, must be considered a solid favorite in the Oscar race, having tied for the Gotham Award and amassing multiple critics’ prizes.
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Crip Camp, directed by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht, and
Dick Johnson Is Dead, from director Kirsten Johnson. It also muscled in with mollusk-themed
The Untold Truth Of Sophia Loren Fox Photos/Getty Images
Acting legend Sophia Loren once starred in 1954 s
The Gold of Naples, and off-screen, she s just that, too. According to The Guardian, Loren has always defined herself as a Neapolitan first and an Italian second. Born in Rome in 1934 but raised in Pozzuoli, a coastal town just west of Naples, the sultry Hollywood icon is easily one of the most identifiable Italian actors of all time. With her career spanning an impressive six decades, she was even awarded an Oscar for her role in
Two Women the first performer to win an Academy Award for a foreign-language role (via Oscars.org).
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