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Bardem won his seventh Goya for his role in
Fernando Leon de Aranoa's workplace satire "The Good Boss",
which won six awards including best film, best director and best
original screenplay.
It had received a record 20 nominations.
"Thank you for writing a character so rich in nuances, in
complexities, so funny," Bardem said, addressing director Leon
de Aranoa.
One surprise of the night came when Penelope Cruz, who had been
nominated alongside her husband Bardem, failed to win best
actress for her role in Pedro Almodovar's "Parallel Mothers".
That accolade went instead to Blanca Portillo for "Maixabel",
about a woman who faces up to the ETA terrorists who killed her
husband.
The film also produced the best supporting actor, Urko Olazabal,
and best new actress, Maria Cerezuela.
Pedro Almodovar and Penelope Cruz presented Australian actress
Cate Blanchett with the first ever International Goya at the
ceremony, held in the futuristic Palau de les Arts in Valencia.
She said watching films by Spanish director Luis Bunuel in high
school changed how she saw the world.
"Since then I have been attracted to the visual language of
Spanish cinema," she said.
Blanchett will work with Almodovar in an adaptation of Lucia
Berlin's short story collection "A Manuel for Cleaning Women".
Bardem hopes to replicate his win at the Oscars in Los Angeles
on March 27 where he is also nominated for best actor, this time
for his role as Desi Arnaz alongside Nicole Kidman's Lucille
Ball, in "Being the Ricardos".
Penelope Cruz is also nominated for an Oscar, making Cruz and
Bardem the sixth married couple to receive Academy Award
nominations for acting in the same year.
(Reporting by Eva Manez, Writing by Jessica Jones; Editing by
Kirsten Donovan)
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