Round 7: Tossup 9

In the 1970s and 80s, this country produced drug-laced exploitation films starring real delinquents, a genre known by the slang word “quinqui” (“KEEN-kee”). A 1963 film about an undertaker forced to take his father-in-law’s job as an executioner pioneered this country’s tradition of black comedy, which extends to a 1995 film about a priest committing as many sins as possible to prevent the birth of the Antichrist on Christmas Eve. A 1955 film from this country about an adulterous couple killing a cyclist in a hit-and-run inspired a 2016 thriller framed as flashbacks that a businessman recounts to his (*) lawyer. Cameron Crowe remade a film from this country, Open Your Eyes, as Vanilla Sky. Residents scrounge for leftovers from higher floors as a food service descends from the top of a concrete tower in a hit COVID-era Netflix film from this country. For 10 points, The Invisible Guest and The Platform (-5[1])are films from what country whose film awards are named for Francisco de Goya? (10[1])■END■

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