[...] "Cuernos de mujer"
(Infidelity) was more difficult for me than "Cómo ser infeliz y
disfrutarlo" (How to be Miserable and Enjoy It). I discovered that
the story was very subjective and that practically the whole film
unfolds from the point of view of the character played by María
Barranco, a woman who was unsure if her thoughts were right or not.
The danger about these sexist comedies is the temptation to
caricature men in such a way that they look like idiots and the
product easily becomes a parody. For that reason, I tried to play
things down a bit between both sexes to avoid ridiculing
masculinity while at the same time limiting feministic demands and
claims.
- It was hardly feministic and somewhat cynical to suggest that
money alone gives women the sense of being right and making her
feel self-confident, don't you think?
- Yes, the film's message was as radical as that. Mind you, that
isn't to say I share that view. Although I couldn't fight against
it either, the best I could do was to expose the issue in the film.
The problem is that the woman in the film believes that money is
going to make her feel more self-confident. It isn't hardly a
feministic option, but there lies its contradiction; in that
aspect. The film limits itself to telling the audience what she is
like. It doesn't say she is right in what she thinks and does, and
neither do I.
ENRIQUE URBIZU