This Saturday one of the great events of Spanish cinema took place, the gala of the Goya Awards, which on this occasion was held at the Valladolid Fairgrounds. A ceremony in which The Snow Society They were crowned the great winner, even taking the Goya for Best Film.
Now, before giving himself this last statuette, Pedro Almodvar He didn’t want to miss the opportunity to send a message to vice president of Castilla y León, Juan García-Gallardofor his words 24 hours earlier, in which he referred to film people as seoritos:Someone in this room, A politician has spoken of us as the gentlemen who collect subsidies and then make very bad films that interest no one.. I am going to say to this man: I hate it.
We more than return the money that we filmmakers receive as an advance to the State. through taxes and Social Security, in addition to creating thousands of jobs, the film director added, making his position clear in the words of the leader of VOX in Castilla y León.
Some words that have been supported by the entire film industry, and also other sectors, including television, with reactions such as that of Jordi volewho has surrendered to the filmmaker with a message on X (formerly Twitter) that has quickly gone viral: Almodvar doing what someone like Almodvar has to do. Get wet for everyone.
A show of support that has already been seen by more than 170,000 people on the social network, also exceeding 4,300 likes and 800 comments in just a few hours.
Garca-Gallardo’s words that bothered Almodvar
Only 24 hours before the celebration of the Goya, Juan García-Gallardo left some detonating statements that ended up bothering Pedro Almodvar: The gentlemen are not the farmers and ranchers, they are the ones who want to make a living by producing cinematographic works that no one sees later at the cost of millions and millions of euros. that Spanish taxpayers pay with great effort.
I know that many are going to feel itchy that we are there., because they are determined to transmit a message that VOX has some problem with culture, well, they are going to have to scratch themselves if they itch, because that’s where we will be. It is a cultural event of the first order and cannot be missing an institutional representation of one of the two parties that supports the government coalition, the politician added.
