Penelope Cruz honored by MoMA for her career in cinema

NEW YORK – During a tribute to her vocation astatine the Museum of Modern Art successful New York (MoMA), Penelope Cruz recalled the Betamax videotape store that opened successful her neighborhood, successful a suburb of Madrid, erstwhile she was a kid and that made her observe cinema.

It was determination wherever she rented each the films of Spanish movie manager Pedro Almodóvar, she said.

“I watched, and I laughed, I cried, and I learned," she said astatine a star-studded payment Tuesday evening astatine the museum. “I would not beryllium present tonight, being honored by MoMa, if I had not had the privilege of moving with superb directors who person inspired me, taught me, helped maine turn arsenic an creator and arsenic a person. I privation to convey them each tonight, and specially my Pedro.”

The designation comes a decennary aft the depository paid the aforesaid tribute to Almodóvar, who has worked with Cruz successful 7 films. The latest movie by the director, “Parallel Mothers,” starring Cruz, opens successful the United States connected December 24. On Monday, it received 2 Golden Globe nominations.

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An breathtaking infinitesimal of the nighttime was erstwhile Almodóvar sent a video connection to Cruz, congratulating her connected the recognition.

He recalled successful the video a dialog with the histrion that they had erstwhile they promoted “All About My Mother” (1999).

“You told maine that erstwhile I get aged you volition instrumentality attraction of me. I’m not that aged yet, but I anticipation you support your word," helium said, provoking laughter successful the audience. “When I americium an aged man, I anticipation you travel and become, successful this case, my mother. It would beryllium a reflection of each the mothers that you person been for maine passim these 7 films.”

Among those paying tribute to the Spanish histrion astatine the yearly movie payment was Anne Hathaway, Diane Kruger and Rebecca Hall. Puerto Rican vocalist Ricky Martin, Spanish vocalist Rosalía and manner decorator Zac Posen besides didn't miss the event.

The payment featured clips from immoderate of Cruz’s galore films: “Broken Embraces” (2009), “Vicky Cristina Barcelona” (2008), and “Volver” (2006), among others. Cruz won an Oscar for champion supporting histrion successful Woody Allen’s “Vicky Cristina Barcelona.”

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Hathaway remembered that infinitesimal during Tuesday's reddish carpet.

“I went up to congratulate her and, I don’t cognize if it was her sisters oregon her friends, but 2 beauteous women ran down from the apical balcony and they were truthful blessed for her,” Hathaway said. “And I person women similar that successful my life, and I was conscionable truthful blessed to spot her, you know, the authentic joyousness that the women successful her beingness felt for her.”

The payment has been presented since 2011 by Chanel. Cruz, who wore a agelong reddish Chanel v-line formal with an unfastened back, has been an ambassador of the manner location since 2018.

MoMA’s movie payment raises funds to bring large works of movie to the museum’s collection. The museum's movie section includes much than 30,000 films and 1.5 cardinal movie stills.

Cruz joins a radical of erstwhile MoMA honorees that includes Martin Scorsese, Tom Hanks, Julianne Moore, Cate Blanchett, Quentin Tarantino, George Clooney and others.

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