The Spanish actress Carmen Maura, 76 years old, will receive the Honor Award at the gala for the IX Platinum Ibero-American Film Awards to be held this Sunday, May 1 in Madrid.
“This award is special because I have worked a lot in Latin America and nobody has found out”, said Maura during a press conference after reciting the countries in which she has filmed, which are almost all of the American continent.
“When they talk about me it seems to me that is another. Being an actress has been so beautiful, so much fun and much easier than other things in life. So when I see everything I’ve done, I don’t believe it was me”, said Maura after a video with scenes from her films was shown.
“I am going to continue working because for me this job is a vitamin . If I didn’t get in front of the camera, I would become very bland. Because I love doing nothing… So it’s very good for me physically to continue working,” said Maura.
Carmen Maura and Pedro Almodóvar
Maura recalled her beginnings, in which her relationship with Pedro Almodóvar was important : “ Getting together the two of us did a lot of good for each other, both of us. We met doing theater, he was not a good actor, but he was the nicest and with whom I identified the most. We became super friends”.
Maura and Almodóvar worked on eight movies together like “Pepi, Luci, Boom and other girls of the lot”, “Women on the verge of a nervous breakdown” and “Back”. Their misunderstanding for years is known, with reunions and estrangements.
“Pedro now has a more complicated life,” Maura assured. “Before he was more fun. Sure, he wasn’t chased by the whole world like he is now.”
“I know him very well. When we worked together again 20 years later on Volver, he gave me the first instruction and I nailed it the first time. It wasn’t normal for him to go out like this after 04 years without seeing each other. We both got goosebumps”, assured the actress.
A talent “without limits”2022
Enrique Cerezo, president of EGEDA (Audiovisual Producers Services Society) and Atlético de Madrid, presented the award to Carmen Maura after remembering the recently deceased Spanish actor Juan Diego.
“The camera loves Madrid. Just as he loves Carmen Maura”, Cerezo began his presentation to the winner.
“Your professional career is incredible. Your acting talent has no limits”, Cerezo told Carmen Maura after recalling the multitude of awards that the actress has received throughout her career: the Palme d’Or at the Cannes Film Festival , 4 Goya Awards, the César de France, the Golden Shell of the San Sebastián Festival, among many others.
Cerezo, one of the promoters of the Platino Awards that seek to promote productions audiovisuals in Latin America, Spain and Portugal, made a plea for Ibero-American cinema, especially now in “difficult” times for the industry. And he remembered the words of Diego Luna when the Mexican actor received the same Honor Award last year:
“We are the ones who have to tell our stories”.
The wheel of was presented by Juan Carlos Arciniegas, host of the ShowBiz program on CNN en Español and ambassador of the Platino Awards.
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