A standing ovation for the actors of “I am Nevenka”, the film that reflects the ordeal they experienced Nevenka Fernandez becoming the first woman to denounce a politician for sexual harassment, at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Nevenka Fernandez She was present at the screening of the film and, at the end, she could be seen very excited after receiving a long and loud applause that served, in turn, as a tribute to the former advisor.
This fiction is a faithful reflection of reality. More than 20 years later, his story is brought to the big screen by director Icíar Bollaín.
Next Thursday, in a special issue of El Objective, Bollaín, accompanied by Nevenka and the young woman who puts herself in his shoes, They will talk with Ana Pastor about the courage of a woman This marked the beginning of a social change. “This woman stood in front of this very powerful man and made him move forward,” the film’s director emphasizes. For his part, Nevenka stresses the importance “for people who experience abuse and harassment at work” to “be able to express what they are experiencing”.
to oneself Nevenkatalking saved his life.”I couldn’t imagine the savage rejection of something that to me was so unfair.“, she remembers. And when she became the first woman to denounce a politician for sexual harassment in Spain, when a politician had never been denounced for such a problem, many people jumped on her. But, despite the social rejection, justice ruled in her favor.
“If I was going to die, I was going to die standing up, “I had to tell what happened and I had no other choice,” Nevenka says in this preview of the special program “The Objective”. For this reason, she was and is a “reference”, just as her name has become a symbol of the fight against sexist violence.
