On June 25, 1978, LGTBI groups from all over Spain took to the streets to demand their rights and protest the Socially Dangerous Law that criminalizes them. This march, which commemorates the pioneering demonstration of sexual freedom held in Barcelona a year ago, is considered the first Pride Day in the country’s history. Malaga-born director Alejandro Marín celebrates the importance of this “in these times when there are those who want to put an end to all the rights conquered in this period” with his first feature film, I Love You Madly, which was released across Spain. . “The PP leader Alberto Núñez Feijóo has made it clear that he wants to repeal the Trans Law, and we see how they threw our flag in the trash. It’s a flag that represents the people, so it really is. It’s like they’re trashing those people,” he thinks.
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Moreover, it is summer and cinemas are not experiencing their best moments… But we believe that the impact of the film on the audience at different screenings will spread both in cinemas and from word of mouth. : we have comedy after many viewers see what they want to repeat with their friends and family. And I think it’s due to the tone I love you madly, which favors bringing the story closer to, say, a general audience, somewhere between social drama and comedy.
The first film recently completed its training at the prestigious ESCAC, the Superior Film School of Catalonia. Was it clear that your debut should be this story?
Various elements are listed in all of these. First I learned about the history of these early manifestations of the LGTBI movement, then I met co-writer and producer Carmen Garrido Vacas… Then I got a master’s degree at ESCAC’s First Study Lab, where we participated with this project. In this process, Vox came to Andalusia, different homophobic attacks took place in Spain… At such an important moment, everything seemed to be in line to tell this story.
Many people already knew him from the television series Maricón perdido. Bob Pop from your bio and bring it to the small screen. In fact, I’m Loving You Insane continues that story in a way.
I believe that cinema and television are tools to create social awareness and memory. It has been a real pride to make a film about the people who started fighting in this country for the rights I have today. As a member of the LGTBI collective, I find this natural.
In Te estoy amando locamente there is not only the story of the collective, but also the story of the protagonist Miguel (played by Omar Banana) and his mother Reme (Ana Wagener). Were you afraid of not knowing how to bring together the social and the private in the film?
To tell the story of the collective, Carmen [guionista y productora] And I didn’t want to give up on telling the reality of the people who lived in that period, who were under the pressure of not being able to live their lives freely and without fear of being judged like others. Because this allows the story to reach the whole world.
Reme’s character is what allows for this universality.
mom [Wagener] It ensures that everything in the film reaches all kinds of people, regardless of their sexual orientation. Even at certain times when we see a helpless mother with a rather ambiguous position regarding the LGTBI collective, it makes everything more human, closer. A very professional and demanding actress like her brought a lot of nuances to this story. It has been a learning lesson for me.
Seeing that I love you madly, it’s worth seeing the union of various groups supporting the visibility of LGTBI in Spain of the seventies.
It was a cross fight. Feminists, labor movements, and even progressive priests were involved. It was an example of the kind of solidarity that seems impossible to us at the moment, as we live in a constant state of strife and conflict. And it’s crucial that we unite to face what’s in front of us.
The premiere of the movie, on the eve of the general elections, VOXCouldn’t be on time.
There are many people who want to look back, and this should help us understand that rights cannot be accepted as they are today, that we must continue to hold on and stay united. That’s why madly loving you is so vindictive.