Awu, sekuvele kuqinisekisiwe. Javier Bardem uzolwela i-Oscar okwesibili ngenxa yemidlalo yakhe Alikho izwe lamadoda amadala. Kumele kukhunjulwe ukuthi owokuqala cishe wawungalindelekile ngenxa yendima yakhe njengoReynaldo Arenas ku Ngaphambi Kokuwa Kwasebusuku emuva ngo-2001. Ngaleso sikhathi umklomelo waya Russell Crowe kodwa manje kubonakala sengathi uBardem usesimweni sokuphakamisa lesi sifanekiso. Izimbangi zakhe kulokhu Casey Affleck ngokubulawa kukaJese uJakobe, UPhilip Seymour ngeMpi kaCharlie Wilson Ihholo Holbrook by Ingene Endle kanye UTom Wilkinson nguMichael Clayton.
Umlingisi ubheka lokhu njengokuqaphela umsebenzi nethalente labo bonke labo badali nabachwepheshe bezohwebo zakhe abaye baphefumulela futhi bamthuthukisa njengomdlali iminyaka "futhi ikakhulukazi ekuhlakanipheni kwabazalwane bakwaCoen, abakwazile ukunikeza lo mlingiswa isici esidlula incazelo yami.".
