“The mess Trump is putting us in is impressive. Anything can happen”

The actress Carmen Maura returns to the big screen with ‘Malaga Street’a film that has demanded participate in “all sequences” and in which he faces the first nude of his career, and confesses that he is “very scared” of the direction the world is taking under the influence of Donald Trump.

“The mess Trump is putting us in is impressive.. Such a mess that at any moment you must be prepared for anything because as soon as one of those small drones falls in a place where they shouldn’t San Quentin is armed“, warned the actress in an interview with Europa Press, on the occasion of the theatrical release on April 1 of ‘Calle Málaga’.

Maura assures that the global situation worries her especially about the younger generations. “It scares me a lot, especially for my granddaughter. We older people have already lived a lot, but what awaits them?”has admitted to reiterate his concern about Trump and his way of “managing” the world. “You can’t understand why it’s there,” he laments.

‘NO TO WAR’: “IT IS MORE SAID SINCE WHAT I KNOW

The actress, who insists that “anything can happen at any moment”, affirms that it seems a “little” tricky to recover the slogan ‘No to War’. “The ‘No to War’ is more said since I don’t know. They are things that everyone uses. I don’t want to get too involved in that because everything bothers me a lot.“, he pointed out.

Regarding ‘Calle Málaga’, Maura praises the “wonderful” script by Maryam Touzani, who directed the film, although she acknowledges that it has been a “tough” project because she participates in “all the sequences.” “It had never happened to me that I had to shoot all the sequences, every day, without rest. It was very hard“, remember.

Even so, he affirms that the script conquered him from the first reading. “I loved it and called the director directly. I told him: if you want me to do it, I will do it“, he revealed.

In ‘Calle Málaga’, Maura plays María Ángeles, a woman who staunchly defends her independence and her life in Tangier. “I understand her perfectly. I also do what I want“, she says when asked about the parallels with her character. The film takes place in Tangier (Morocco) and her character is forced to leave her home due to the financial problems of her daughter, played by Marta Etura.

“The people in Tangier are very friendly, everything is very cheap and there is no feeling of danger. I got lost the first day in the alleys and it was a fantastic experience,” he recalled.

SEXUALITY IN THE SENIOR AGE

The film also addresses topics little explored in cinema, such as desire in adulthood. “I don’t feel like flirting right now, but I think it’s normal that other people do.“, he comments. One of the main scenes of ‘Calle Málaga’ is when Carmen Maura undresses for the first time in her career in front of a camera, an issue that she assures she did without giving it too much thought.

“I’m at a point where I no longer give importance to those things. I don’t have to prove anything or be the most beautiful in the neighborhood,” she confesses with a laugh. “It was the first time they have asked for it with all the films I have done. Why have they never asked me? Would it be because she was ugly?”comments.

Beyond love and sexuality, Maura reflects on care in old age and the burden that children often assume. “I think they should be relieved of responsibilities. The best thing is to be able to live alone and get by, although help is needed, of course.”he has claimed.

MARTA ETURA, THE “BAD” OF ‘CALLE MÁLAGA’

For her part, Marta Etura confesses that she was attracted by the sensitivity of Maryam Touzani, whose cinema she already admired before reading the script. “I had seen his movies and loved them. She seems to me to be a director with exquisite sensitivity, and all her works give off a very special sensuality,” she comments. The actress acknowledges that, in addition to the script, which she found “very well written and with many different readings“, he was also seduced by filming in Tangier and the possibility of sharing scenes with Carmen Maura.

However, she admits that her character is “ugly” because she appears as the “bad guy” in the movie. “When I saw the script I wondered how I would defend it.“she states. Despite this, the construction of the character allowed her to understand this daughter’s motivations.”We have all gone through difficult times. When you’re in survival mode, you do what you can to get by.“, indica.

The actress emphasizes that the film offers a generational reading between women from different contexts. “My character represents a woman today, who has to raise her family, pay a mortgage and survive. Her mother belongs to another era, where it was the husband who kept the house, and that is why they do not understand each other. That clash between ways of living is one of the riches of the script“he points out.