In the end, Babel won 1 Oscar for original soundtrack, and Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labrynth) won 3 for cinematography, art direction and make-up. Children of Men left blank. Even though the harvest was very good for Mexican cinema (bordering on the historic), these films missed out on the big categories, such as best picture, best foreign language film, best director, and best (supporting) actor/actress.

Last King of Scotland truly deserved the award given to Forest Witaker. I can’t yet comment on the big winner of the night, The Departed, since I haven’t seen it.

I hope Cuarón, del Toro and González Iñárritu have another shot at the big prizes. I’m very happy for the winners, but it feels a little bit like losing on penalties.