It was the clear favorite and the expectations have not disappointed. Laia Costa has won her first Goya for Best Leading Actress for her fantastic role as a first-time mother overwhelmed by events in Cinco lobitos, the acclaimed debut feature by Alauda Ruiz de Azúa. A film with which Costa returns to Spanish cinema after years displaying talent in international independent productions, as in that Victoria that she made her known directed by the German Sebastian Schipper.
Led by Ruiz de Azúa, the Catalan woman gets into the skin of a woman in a real and honest portrait of motherhood that also explores family relationships and parental care in the face of illness. The actress has dazzled critics and the public with a character that transmits naturalness and that has already brought her several awards. She won at the Malaga Festival, in the Forqué and the Feroz. In these Sevillian Goyas, she has prevailed over Bárbara Lennie, Anna Castillo, Vicky Luengo and Marina Foïs.
The interpreter, who will be 38 years old on February 18, has taken the stage to thank the director for "giving birth to these Five Wolves and the producers for making it easy." She has also had words for the "tribe" that supports her: her parents, her sister, her partner, and her daughter, who is the one who suffers her absence when she is working.
In his speech, Costa said that "many people have told us that after seeing 'Cinco Lobitos' they have felt the need to call their parents, their children, their loved ones." "Hopefully many more people see 'Cinco Lobitos' and feel that need", he has concluded. The film has been quite a surprise and has received critical acclaim since it premiered a year ago at the Berlin Film Festival.
