The cinema mourns the passing of Marisa Paredesmuse of the Spanish director Pedro Almodovar. The actress died in Madrid at the age of 78 years oldas communicated by theSpanish Film Academyof which he was president.
Paredes it was aversatile actress and committed, who worked in the cinemaIn the theater and in the television with great names of the screen and stage, and who he dedicated his life to promotion and to defense of cinema professionalsas he demonstrated as president ofFilm Academy. In the 2003at the helm of this institution, during his speech at the awards ceremony of GoyaParedes stated: «We must not be afraid of culture or entertainment, nor of freedom of expression, much less of satire or humour. We must be afraid of ignorance and dogmatism. We must be afraid of war.”
These words reflect theI commit that he has always had in defending his own profession and his sectorand his social commitmentbecause his period as president of theAcademy coincided with the mobilisations of citizens against the war in Iraq.
Over the course of a career spanning over six decadeshas worked with directors such as Pedro Almodovar, Jaime Chavarri And Agustí Villarongawinning several awards including the National Cinema Award (1996), the Gold Medal of Merit for Fine Arts (2007) and the Goya of Honour (2018). She was president of theFilm Academy between 2000 and the 2003the year of the gala «No to the war in Iraq»and expressed his opinion political commitment until the last moment, participating and reading the poster of November 30th at a demonstration a Madrid for the ceasefire in Gaza.
«It was completely unexpected news, it’s as if I had woken up from a bad dream (…) I find it hard to assimilate the fact that Marisa she’s dead”he said Almodovar learning the news while he is at Pariswhere he is promoting his latest film, ‘The next room’. Marisa was “integral part” of his life, he added.