Carolina Yuste
I will write this column with some reluctance because the fact of commenting that only one of the Gaudí winners, among others who had a say in it, said something about the judicial persecution of the Catalan separatists (and, implicitly, about the pending amnesty) may lead to the assumption that I think others have a duty to pronounce on this or whatever.
Obviously, I have no right to say what needs to be said. I comment because such an omission surprises me. I don’t think people in the movies are out of touch with the reality of the world. That he does not care about injustice and human pain. They have spoken out many times on this topic at award ceremonies and have therefore faced criticism.
At the same Gaudí recent gala, more than a sensitivity was shown for the victims of the Israeli attacks on the Gaza Strip. And also, to give another example, there were many allusions to the fact that abuse and harassment (especially of women) should no longer be tolerated in the world of cinema and in general.
In short, I don’t think that the people who make Catalan production films, at least a part without being small, don’t care about the amnesty (without this entailing expressing themselves about whether they should vote in favor or not of the law as it is) and even less the suffering of so many people prosecuted (and relatives) or those who want to prosecute for delusional reasons invented by the ideological bias of some judges.
If I comment on it, I insist, it is because I am surprised by this oblivion: I have no idea or suspicion as to why. Perhaps I should have limited myself to appreciating that the extreme Carolina Yuste, best actress for Saben aquel, supported Ruben Wagensberg and family. He only said one name, but somehow brought up the others.
