Venezuela has become the latest Latin American country to announce its Academy Award contender for Best International Feature Film one day before the official deadline. The South American country has selected the drama The Inner Glow / Un destello al interior by the siblings Andrés and Luis Rodriguez.
Starring Jericó Montilla, The Inner Glow tells the story of Silvia, a single mother who works as a janitor cleaning offices and has diagnosed with a brain tumor, but her biggest concern is the future of her six-year-old daughter Sara. The Venezuelan film had its international premiere at the 43rd edition of the Moscow Film Festival last April.
Venezuela has been submitting candidates to the Academy Awards since 1978, but has yet to nab a nomination. The closest the South American country has gotten was in 2014 with Alberto Arvelo’s Libertador, which made the short list.
