I think "La reina anónima" (The
Anonymous Queen) is one of those films which, when I learn to make
movies, I will have to shoot again. Although by then it will be too
late because I'm afraid this is one of those things that only
happens once in a lifetime. It is a spontaneous film, from the very
beginning, starting with the script. It happened suddenly and
without any "a priori" pretensions of anything. Just the mere fact
that I did it is, in my view, a positive thing. That is, I believe,
because the film is alive so to speak. And at a time when Spanish
cinema is in such "sad" shape, it is healthy to have it there. I
think if happiness is possible, then it is a duty to try to provide
it. The worst sin in films and in life is boredom. One terrible
mistake we have made for a long time is to make movies that produce
problems instead of fulfilling dreams.
I believe there are many anonymous
Queens, many anonymous heroes that are more attractive than the
ones we find in films and books; above all, in the history books.
You suddenly realize that someone, no matter how normal they may
seem, is living through the same intensive adventure than the
fashionable heroes we see in the movies. Every person, man or
woman, is a hero, a king or a queen. All it takes is for him or her
to discover that, to discover they can govern their own lives. And
that is in this film.
It is also the story about that
next-door neighbor we all have. That neighbor is what we are, or
what we are and don't know we are, or what we would like to be.
Each of us has the neighbor we deserve. Ana Luz has the neighbor
she deserves too.
This film could be termed
neo-realistic because nothing that cannot happen happens in it.
That is a norm I imposed on myself some time ago. I don't like
fantasy; I don't like the flying donkey, I just like the
donkey.
GONZALO SUÁREZ.