Rossi De Palma, Bibiana Fernandez, Julieta Serrano, Leonor Watling, Aitana Sanchez Gijón and Milena Smit. Six ‘Almodovar girls’ have met on the stage of the Auditorio de Zaragoza to give great respect oh of course almodovar, One of the most anticipated moments of the night and, once it happens, the one that will be remembered most from this tenth edition. Because, after the broadcast of a video reviewing Pedro’s extensive filmography, a scene in which appears his mother, who died more than two decades ago, has caused the most important director in our country Have allowed myself to appear “fragile”,
Being honored with the lifetime award, “feels in a thousand ways.” and “one of them is very delicate.” “Especially after that amazing video (her voice breaks) in which you put An image of my mother asking her to call”He started his speech in fit and start, unable to hold back tears, According to him, it was a “too stark and exciting” image that he could not see past. And he needed to share it with his offenders.
“I was very confident before going up, but at the time look at that image i’m all down“, she confessed to them. From the pit, nominees and guests at the Firouz Awards gala, such as Carmen Machi, Luis Tosar or Anna Castillo, could not help but empathize with the words of their teacher. Those that were only a broad prelude In a speech of over ten minutes, although he wrote it “with another state of mind”, he began to talk about his mother when he did not imagine that feeling was present verbally.
Almodovar remembers his mother in his speech
“My life and my filmography have been marked by various events. For example, being born in La Mancha. And even more: I’ve got a mother from La Mancha who has given me a very universal culture based on staying alive under any circumstances. Lack of bias when it comes to taking initiatives that will help you move forward. And that despite the dark reality we lived in (I’m talking about the fifties), The daily struggle to survive was not incompatible with humor,
At this point, Pedro with a broken voice had to stop. But of course, as she herself explained to her audience, inspired by her feelings, “it’s hard to end with a chapter that’s someone’s mother.” then he continued in terms of movement, to Madrid who welcomed him When he was a craze for movies, for the adrenaline of filming or his childhood in La Mancha. him too The serious situation that public health is going through in the community of Madrid, However, there is nothing quite like his declaration of love for Francisca, the woman who “impregnated and inspired almost all his films” for which Almodovar has received this well-deserved Feroz de Honor.
