In this year’s non-competition section Horizons, the Karlovy Vary IFF will be screening the newest film by director Pedro Almodóvar, Julieta. The screening will be attended by the two actresses who play the film’s title role, Adriana Ugarte and Emma Suárez.
“Julieta marks my return to the female universe,” says director Pedro Almodóvar. “One of the risks I faced from the beginning was that of using two different actresses for Julieta. Adriana Ugarte from 25 to 40, and Emma Suárez from forty onward. I’m not in favour of the same actress playing all the ages of the same character. It isn’t a matter of wrinkles, it’s something more profound, the passing of time, on the outside and on the inside,” emphasizes Pedro Almodóvar.
Madrid native Adriana Ugarte comes from an artistic family, her grandfather was a close collaborator of famous director Luis Buñuel. She began her acting career in television series and small-scale movies, and by the time she was 23 she had been nominated for a Goya Award for best young actress. Soon thereafter, she gained a wider following through her role in the series La Señora.
Emma Suárez has a long and varied career behind her that began when she was 15 years old. She has made dozens of movies and television series, and has worked with leading Spanish directors such as Julio Médem (Cows, The Red Squirrel, Earth) and Agustí Vila, who directed her in The Mosquito Net, which won the Crystal Globe for best film at the 2010 KVIFF. At the 51st KVIFF, Emma Suárez will present also the competition film The Next Skin.
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