Pedro Sanchez, president of governmenttook the opportunity to turn the San Sebastian International Film Festival into a political rally. The director Pedro Almodovar He took advantage of a press conference before receiving the Donostia Prize this Thursday to thank Sánchez for his “support” for culture. The director called the socialist leader a “Mr. Handsome or Mr. Handsome”, because of how it is known “in Europe and the United States”. The president is in San Sebastian and participated at the awards ceremony to the filmmaker.
Almodovar showed his thanks to Sánchez and praised him for his “characteristics, on a political and physical level”. The director joked about the possibilities that open up with the presence of the socialist. “I have to decide if I become half firecracker or half filmmaker which rewards a prize”, declared Almodóvar in a sign of adulation to the president of the government.
The director also took the opportunity to attack José Luis Martinez-Almeida, mayor of Madrid, for not having yet attended the exhibition Madrid, daughter of Almodovaron the life of the director, which has been hosting the Conde Duque Contemporary Culture Center for 15 days. Almodóvar compared Sánchez’s presence at the awards ceremony to the fact that the mayor of Madrid did not attend his exhibition. “My exhibition is at City Hall, but the mayor has not yet come to see it,” explains the filmmaker. He also pointed out in a disparaging tone that the exhibition was “an idea of Manuela Carmena, but that it could not be completed when she was mayor and it was their turn.” Almodóvar suggested that Madrid City Hall is enjoying a “huge success” that It came to them “like a gift”.
Pedro Sanchez He will take advantage of the San Sebastian film festival to spread propaganda. The President of the Government traveled to the Basque Country with Begoña Gómez, his wife, accused of crimes of commercial corruption and influence peddling and who is awaiting a third accusation for embezzlement. Sánchez and Gómez posed this Thursday afternoon on the red carpet of the Festival, before the awards ceremony. The president is looking for this showcase to whiten his image and escape the other scandals that torment him, such as the accusation of his brother David Sánchez. In political matters, the president is not doing well either, especially after the tax gift to Catalonia, which caused an earthquake within the Socialist Party. In addition, the continuity of legislative power is also in question after Junts withdrew his parliamentary support for the government, which will prevent the approval of general state budgets.
The San Sebastián Festival began on September 20 and will continue until the 28th. This year, Pedro Almodóvar received the Donostia Prize, an honorary award that recognizes the laureate’s contribution to the world of cinema. The Festival will also screen the director’s latest film, The next piece, his first feature film in English.
