Mexican Director Leads Nominations to BAFTA Awards Prensa Latina
go to original January 10, 2014

Dr. Ryan Stone (Sandra Bullock) is a brilliant medical engineer on her first shuttle mission, with veteran astronaut Matt Kowalsky (George Clooney) in command of his last flight before retiring. But on a seemingly routine spacewalk, disaster strikes. (CBMTrailers)

Action film "Gravity", written and directed by Mexican Alfonso Cuaron, is heading the list of nominations to the 2014 BAFTA Awards, said the British Academy for Film and Television Arts this week.

This suspense drama, starred by US film actors Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, is opting for 11 statuettes in the main categories, among them, the awards for Best Movie Film, Best British Film, Best Main Actor, Best Director and Best Script.

The inclusion of the film in the candidatures to the so-called "British Oscars" is due to the fact that it is partly a British film production, which tells the odyssey lived by a group of scientists during a special walk on outer space, to repair the famous Hubble Telescope.

"Gravity" (2013) is followed in number of nominations by the films "12 Years a Slave" by British director Steve McQueen and "American Hustle" by US filmmaker David O. Russell.

12 Years A Slave Trailer (MOVIES Coming Soon)

"12 Years a Slave" tells about the autobiography of Solomon Northup (performed by Chiwetel Eijofor, born on July 10, 1977 in Forest Gate to Nigerian parents), an Afro-American born free in New York, who was kidnapped in Washington and turned into a slave in the south of the US.

American Hustle Official Trailer (SonyPictures)

"American Hustle" narrates details of the Abscam operation led by the FBI in the 70s and 80s last century, a story by stars Amy Adams, Christian Bale, Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence, who are nominated in four related categories with action.

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