“I had a very strong sexual assault when I was six years old”account Cayetana Guillén Cuervo in Map to Pandataria, the documentary that was presented this Wednesday in Madrid about its successful theatrical performance. In the presentation of this project, the actress clarified: “It has no more importance. It has no more importance, it is told in a creation process and from there it is taken out of context. We have all told our lives“.
And he added, about the documentary, which is available starting this Thursday, February 1 on the culture and science platform Caixaforum+: “Map to Pandataria tells the story of each one of us [sus compañeros de reparto]. No drama. Creation and nothing more, you can't get it out of there. It is not a flag of anything. They are emotions that must be shared at that moment and in that context.” From February 14 to 25, the play Pandataria It is also performed at the Canal Theaters in the capital. A year of touring will follow.
His brother's reaction
His brother, also an actor Fernando Guillén Cuervoaccompanied her sister at the premiere of the documentary and spoke about the actress's confession: “It is a very useful and necessary message. I think it is a very brave act”. And he added: “You have to leave it in the context that they wanted to tell it. That artistic process, a dance of intentions, of people, of personal statements, of a lot of team involvement”.
The actor of Laura's mysteries He also gave his parents, Gemma Cuervo and Fernando Guillén, as an example: “Courage must always be present. My parents were already very pioneers and brave with texts that were a social engine and I believe that this is the way”.
Ana Milan's ex-husband sentenced: “I tell you that it is important that we see the documentary and that we see the performance, and move away from personal statements and respect the context in which Cayetana and her team wanted to tell it”.
It must be remembered that her sister's statements have coincided in time with the accusations of three women against director Carlos Vermut, although the documentary was recorded before: “You have to be very clear and support the fight at all times. And denounce, of course, denounce, and be very clear that any non-respectable attitude is condemnable”, said the actress's brother about it. Their mother, for her part, did not attend the ceremony because at 87 years old and due to the “noise” of the event, she had to be “taken care of,” as her daughter Cayetana explained.
Cayetana's words
The president of the Academy of Performing Arts of Spain says in the documentary: “There was always something in me, like that secret that you live with. We were generating Pandataria and I told Chevi [coreógrafo y creador del proyecto junto con la propia Guillén Cuervo] I had never talked about it with anyone, but maybe it was time. I was sexually assaulted when I was six years old.“.
The presenter of Spanish version also explains: “I wasn't going to tell it in the documentary but when I heard the statements of my colleagues, I said 'you have to tell it'. I tell it because I want to be fair to my colleagues, who tell all the shit they have overcome to be who they are. Out of every ten women, nine have suffered sexual assault: it is part of our emotional map“.
The actress of The Ministry of Time remark: “I don't want this to have too much prominence either, I'm just one more telling my story. The play Pandataria talks about us in that boat into which the stage is transformed and into which we have to get on. And it is the boat that saves us but together with the others.”
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