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Year: 1982 (55th) Academy Awards

Category: Foreign Language Film

Film Title: Volver a Empezar ("To Begin Again")

Winner: Spain (accepted by director José Luis Garci)

Presenter: Jack Valenti, Luise Rainer

Date & Venue: April 11, 1983; Dorothy Chandler Pavilion

JOSÉ LUIS GARCI:
All my life, since I was a kid, I have dreamed of this moment. Well, the dreams come true sometimes, and that's the thing. I want to express my congratulations and my gratitude to my partner and my friend José Esteban Alenda, and my friends Enrique Herreros and Milton Goldstein, and my late friend Alfonso Sánchez, and also 20th Century Fox, and the Academy. And now allow me to say in my own language: Estamos todos los que hemos hecho esta película muy contentos, muy agradecidos a ustedes y tambien todos los que hacemos cine en mi país, en España. Thank you very, very much, all of you.

[Ed. note: Spanish translation: "All of us who made this film are very happy, very grateful to you and also to all who make films in my country, in Spain."]

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[Note: All winners are present except where noted; NOT all winners may have spoken.]

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