Brazil and Colombia have already chosen their respective films to represent them in the pre-selection to the Oscar de Best Foreign Language Film.
Brazil has opted for «Neighborhood sounds» by Kleber Mendonça Son, a film that has been awarded as best film in competitions such as Tropical Cinema Awards, in the Lima Film Festival or Rio Festival.
«Sounds »neighborhood»Tells the story of a middle-class neighborhood in the City of Recife, in the state of Pernanbuco, which is threatened by real estate speculation and urban violence.
On the other hand, «Colombia» will present the Oscar «The DC Beach"To Juan Andres Arango, a film that tells the story of Tomás, a young black man who has fled the Colombian Pacific coast because of the war, and who tries to make his way in Bogotá, a racist city of 8 million inhabitants. Looking for Jairo, his younger brother, who has disappeared in the streets, Tomás will start a journey that will test his courage to face fear, nostalgia and the wounds of the past, to start over at 2.600 meters above the level from sea.
Colombia has never gotten the nomination, while Brazil He has achieved it up to three times before.
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