I'm very happy that Alejandro Amenábar won an Oscar tonight for his new movie, Mar adentro (The Sea Inside, in English). Ever since it opened in Spain last Fall I've heard nothing but good things about it, and I think it's very brave to make a movie about such a difficult and controversial issue --although the results can be very rewarding indeed, and tonight another film on that same topic has been recognized with Oscar gold too.
I really liked Amenábar's first three films (I guess The Others was the most popular of them outside of Spain), and I love Javier Bardem as an actor, so I'm really hoping that this award will, among other things, make sure that the movie finally gets to play in Pittsburgh! --so I can see it at last.
¡Enhorabuena, Alejandro!
