Talk:Maria Full of Grace

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[edit] Add Trivia (Academy Awards)

[edit] Trivia

The same year that Maria Full Of Grace was nominated for an Oscar, another non-english speaking movie was ousted from any of the top 5 awards (Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor, Best Actress, and Best Screenplay), by reasons of "foreign language": The Passion of The Christ (2004).

Maria full of Grace, nominated for a Best Actress award, is almost completely spoken in spanish, The Passion was spoken in Aramic, Latin and Hebrew.

[edit] Hispanic

"The main actress, Catalina Sandino Moreno who won "Best Actress" at the Berlin Film Festival, was nominated for "Best Actress" in the 77th Academy Awards. She is one of the four Hispanic actress to ever be nominated to an Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, joining Brazilian actress Fernanda Montenegro, for Central Station (1998); Mexican actress Salma Hayek, for Frida (2002); and Spanish actress Penelope Cruz, for Volver (2006)."

I don't think you could call Fernanda Montenegro "Hispanic".

From hispanic:

"It now refers to the Spanish language, its speakers and its geographical distribution the same way Latin (Latino) refers to Romance languages in general. The corresponding term referring to Portuguese is Lusitanic."

To use "hispanic" I think is a very US-centric view of the world, where everyone who lives downside Rio Grande makes a homogenic group. Alinefr (talk) 20:41, 30 January 2008 (UTC)

Speaking of "Hispanic actresses" and then naming a Brazilian actress from a Brazilian movie is not just "US-centric" but simply plain wrong. --88.66.47.234 (talk) 15:37, 13 February 2008 (UTC)