Sixty-five countries have submitted films for consideration in the Foreign Language Film category for the 83rd Academy Awards. BIUTIFUL, directed by Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, is the official submission for Mexico. Writing in Deadline, Mike Fleming writes “While the Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu-directed BIUTIFUL already figured to be an Oscar contender, for a performance by Javier Bardem that [...]

After having globe-trotted with Babel, I thought I had explored enough multiple lines, fractured structures and crossing narratives. Each of the films I have made has been shot in a different language, in a different country. At the end of Babel, I was so exhausted I made it a point that my next film would [...]