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Chile's A Fantastic Woman bags Best Foreign Film
March 05, 2018

Winner for West Side Story, actress Rita Moreno wears the same gown she wore the night of 1962 in 2018 to present the Best Foreign Film trophy to Chile's A Fantastic Woman, which revolves around a transgender singer's struggle owing to her sexual identity. Sebastin Lelio's film beat the likes of Russia's Loveless and Hungary's On Body and Soul to win Chile its first Oscar. Hollywood reporter has called it a moment of "Transgender Watershed."

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