At least the Academy gave Almodovar two noms: for Best Director and Best Screenplay. There's such an overwhelming support and acclaim for him in Hollywood that I think they gave him the noms just to make up for the Spain Film Association being morons. "Talk to Her" and "...Tambien" were both on MANY top ten lists curiously enough.

I thought "El Crimen del Padre Amaro" was a very routine melodrama that had something to say, but got bogged down in the end from rote sentimentality and laziness. If "Man without a Past" doesen't win, someone owes me an explanation.