Madrid .- . “Being a woman is not synonymous with mother Being a mother is an option, not an obligation”: Maribel Verdu matches Vicky, the character he plays in the comedy Argentina ” No children, “directed by Ariel Winograd, who after 12 weeks at number one in the South American country, land Friday in Spanish cinemas.
The film, which the Spanish actress stars alongside Argentine Diego Peretti, addressed by key comedy option to forgo motherhood, a debate which although they have some travel in Europe has been less discussed in more prone society to large families such as Latin America.
“I know of no film in Latin America to plant the ‘no kids’ in such a radical way, “said Verdu in an interview with dpa in Madrid.
” No children, “Vicky, a woman who hates children, is reunited with a former teenage love, Gabriel (Diego Peretti), which is faced with a stark choice: recognize that you have a 9 year old daughter (Sofia) and thus risk losing their old love or hide his paternity
<. p> Introducing the tape in Argentina, where he said they have more children than in Spain, the actress had to talk about non-maternity. And judging from the reviews, “which have been the bomb” and its continued at No. 1 at the box office for 12 weeks, believes that the debate was extrapolated to society.
To Verdú, who often He expressed his weariness of being asked why his 44 years is still not a mother, the answer is very simple: “People should stop doing the other what he wants without entrometese in her life, and wants to have seven, two or no son. I do not understand why people have to think of what others do. Live and let live “.
In addition it upsets that they ask who are always women. “Men are not surprised at all. I think it’s a very macho culture or education,” he said.
However, despite his personal views, he denies that “No children” be a movie tailor-made for her. “The producer is my friend for many years and just when he reached the hands he thought I might like it.”
“And I liked it, it seems a not predictable comedy, a comedy very seriously, -of liked the director, who had first watched a movie and then we saw all- and I was a barbarian forward to working with Peretti “.
However, Verdú put a lot of herself into the character. “I brought especially at the level of the text, in addition to the level of the soul. If Vicky was radical, wanted him out of all and to say things that many people want to say and dare not. We had to keep going at the risk of losing face . The character could not be halfway. “
In Argentina comedy has broken all expectations. But the question now is whether it will receive the same in Spain. Despite the culture and humor shared by both countries, there is perhaps only Argentine twists in the Latin American country are understood in all their meaning.
when the small Sofia called “asshole” to his father. “That in Argentina makes the film fall. Which girl would call your father is very culturally beast is a word that only you use with friends (…) But I think and hope it does, we share in Spain also that humor “.
The humor and comedy Verdú served him for rest of his previous works very dramatic, like” Happy 140 “Gracia Querejeta or” tip of the iceberg, “a” melodrama ” that has not yet been released in theaters. “I went to Argentina to shoot ‘No Children’ was a great relief,” he said.
The relationship with Argentina comes Verdú long. “I love, love this country. The first welcomed me incredibly, I felt at home at 12,000 kilometers.” A relationship that seems to have no end point: this year again to shoot his fifth film in the South American country, namely Peninsula Valdes. In “The Lighthouse Orcas” will share the bill with Gaston Pauls directed by Gerardo Olivares. And that’s where you can talk.
Verdú advocates a balance between commercial films such as “No children” and the film’s copyright, and says he would like to live and combine the two. “I want my film to look, but I want to make films in which I believe and I like a spectator. And this comedy seemed great.”
As for the situation of Spanish cinema, Verdú is hopeful he can change something, but for her the crucial aspect is the VAT: “That’s what really is crushing everything, especially the theater.” A discipline in which also works but never combines with the big screen. “Not dead.”
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