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There is neither a clear favorite nor anyone called to impose its law forcefully. And that's where the greatest of the charms of this installment of the Golden Globes, number 77, organized by the Foreign Press Association at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles seems to reside. Story of a marriage, by Noah Baumbach, starts with six nominations, the most, although it seems, in principle, an anecdotal statistic. The pools in Hollywood speak of a democratic distribution of prizes where Martin Scorsese's Irishman could take the top prize at the end, the best drama movie.

The truth is that there will be weight contenders present at the appointment. This year's level is high, both in cinema and on television. Only in the drama category, in addition to the Scorsese movie, there are jewels such as the aforementioned film by Baumbach, The Two Popes, by Fernando Meirelles, Joker, by Todd Philips, and 1917, by Sam Mendes.

Jojo Rabbit, Daggers in the back, Once upon a time ... in Hollywood, Rocketman and I am Dolemite will star in the dispute as best comedy or musical, which is not bad either. In this list, Quentin Tarantino's film starts as a favorite, not only for the pleasure of the Foreign Press Association for the titles of the American director, but for probably being the best of the entire career of the director of Knoxville.

But above all is the illusion for the Spanish options of the night. Pedro Almodóvar chooses to take the third Golden Globe of his career for one of his films after the achievements of Todo sobre mi madre (1999) and Talk to her (2002). Despite the unquestionable greatness of his work, Pain and Glory will have a difficult time in front of Bong Joon-Ho and the nomination for the Parasites Prize, a film that already imposed his law at the Cannes film festival with the Golden Palm. The Los Angeles Times, the main newspaper of the city, is convinced that it will take the Golden Globe as the best foreign film and the Korean with the distinction of best director.

It will be precisely that category, one of the most interesting and disputed in recent years. Not only did the master hand of Joon-Ho, author of Okja , appear , but that of Scorsese, Tarantino, Mendes and Philipps, the latter in the lowest of the pools.

As for Banderas, protagonist of Pain and Glory, he has won the fifth nomination for an award that has never been won. It could be the culmination of a few months full of awards, including the best actor at the Cannes Festival, and despite the alleged favoritism of Joaquin Phoenix for his superb role in Joker . Jonathan Pryce (The Two Popes), Adam Driver (Story of a Marriage) and Christian Bale (Le Mans'66) are also eligible.

In the television section, Chernobyl (HBO), The Crown (Netflix) and Unbelievable (also from Netflix) start with four applications, although only HBO is the clear favorite in its category, the best limited series, where it will compete with Catch-22, Fosse / Verdon, The Loudest Voice and the aforementioned Unbelievable .

The Crown, starring in this third season by Olivia Colman, and Succession , the superb proposal of HBO, are nominated as main candidates for the award for best television drama, where they will also be candidates Big Little Lies, Killing Eve and The Morning Show.

As for comedy , Fleabag seems called to gain glory after his fabulous performance in the Emmy. They will be seen with The Kominsky Method, the winner in 2019, Barry (HBO), The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Amazon) and The Politician (Netflix).

Seasoned all that cake for which he promises - and is usually - the main attraction of the night: the jokes of Ricky Gervais. It is the fifth time that the British's unspeakable acidity heels his tuxedo and starts the ceremony firing occurrences and low blows to those present like a monkey with a gun. It is difficult to know who will give the coup de grace and who will come out unharmed.

It is a kind of choreographed anarchy that until now has worked for the Foreign Press Association to distinguish itself as the irreverent and liberal of the place, although in the end they are, many of them, an extension of the powerful advertising machinery of the great studios of the industry.

The trouble is that Gervais lasts what a ration of octopus on the bar of a bar among friends: the three minutes of rigor of the monologue as prior to a long succession of awards. Only the odd occurrence or surprise, such as the alleged and deserved Golden Globe to Banderas, could act as an antidote against the tedium forecast that usually weighs on Hollywood awards. We will have to trust that this is different.

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