Switzerland has picked Reinas, a Peruvian household drama from Swiss-Peruvian filmmaker Klaudia Reynicke, as its entry for the 2025 Oscars in the most effective worldwide function class.
The movie is ready throughout a summer season in Lima in 1992 as a father tries to reconnect to his two daughters in opposition to the tumultuous political backdrop of a rustic in disaster.
Gonzalo Molina performs the daddy Carlos, a taxi driver and failed actor. Abril Gjurinovic and Luana Vega are his long-suffering daughters, Lucia and Aurora. Throughout what they know may be their final summer season collectively, Carlos struggles to rebuild household ties whereas round them, the nation’s financial system tanks, the sufferer of hyperinflation.
Reinas premiered in Sundance and screened on the Berlin Movie Competition, the place it gained the Grand Prix for finest movie from the Era Kplus worldwide jury.
Switerzland has picked up a complete of 5 finest worldwide function nominations and has gained the Oscar twice. Peru thus far has a single Oscar nomination, particularly for Claudia Llosa’s The Milk of Sorrow in 2009.
The shortlist for finest worldwide function contenders will likely be introduced on Dec. 17, with nominations introduced on Jan. 17, 2025. The 2025 Academy Awards will likely be held on Sunday, March 2.
