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'Camino' dominates Spain's Goya film awards


Javier Fesser's "Camino", a film that deals with Catholic group Opus Dei's influence on a terminally ill Terminally Ill

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 girl, dominated Spanish cinema's Goya awards late Sunday in Madrid.

"Camino" won a prize in six of the seven categories in which it was competing, including best film, best director and best actress.

The movie portrays the last months in the life of Camino, an 11-year-old girl educated strictly in line with the dogmas of Opus Dei Opus Dei (ō`pəs dā`ē) [Lat.,=work of God], Roman Catholic organization, particularly influential in Spain, officially the Prelature of the Holy Cross and Opus Dei. , the powerful conservative Catholic organisation.

Carme Elias won best actress award in the role of her mother, who follows the hardline dogma fervently.

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 Benicio del Toro Toro may refer to:
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 won the best actor award for his interpretation of revolutionary Ernesto Guevara Noun 1. Ernesto Guevara - an Argentine revolutionary leader who was Fidel Castro's chief lieutenant in the Cuban revolution; active in other Latin American countries; was captured and executed by the Bolivian army (1928-1967)
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 in Steven Soderbergh's "Che, el argentino" (Che the Argentine).

Main awards:

- Best film: "Camino" by Javier Fesser

- Best director: Javier Fesser for "Camino"

- Best actor: Benicio del Toro in "Che, el argentino"

- Best actress: Carme Elias in "Camino"

- Best supporting actor: Jordi Dauder in "Camino"

- Best supporting actress: Penelope Cruz in "Vicky Cristina Barcelona"

- Best original screenplay: "Camino"

- Best European film: "4 months, 3 weeks and 2 days" by Cristian Mungiu (Romania)
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