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Perfect life is an allegorical series. Not for what counts (the existence of three women between 30 and 40 who face that same existence), but for what they have around. Its director, Leticia Dolera, has become one of the most voluminous voices of Spanish feminism and, therefore, whatever she does or says is examined with a magnifying glass. But it is that the series, in addition to harvesting prizes such as the best work at the last Canneseries festival, has also starred in a controversy when Dolera fired actress Aina Clotet for becoming pregnant, arguing that her character precisely wanted to run away from pregnancy.

Perfect life , which opens in Movistar + this October, was presented yesterday at the San Sebastian Film Festival with a great screening at the Velodrome of the Gipuzkoan capital. His time in Zinemaldia had the same resonances as the great Spanish films in competition, and Dolera and the other two main actresses (Celia Freijeiro and Aixa Villagrán) defended the project as more than a "series for women."

«The series deals with universal issues and puts on the table issues that we both men and women do: Is this the life I want to lead? What place does my family, couple, work, sex occupy in my life? Did I get where I wanted? Issues that appeal to men and women of all ages, ”explains Dolera to EL MUNDO. A positioning that wants to break with the usual stereotypes. «We are subjects that we want, women who have an active sex life , we make decisions and we are not only objects of desire».

Freijeiro hopes that the series "will also serve as a precedent for the industry to understand that the authors need to express themselves and that society needs that voice because, if not, the story is incomplete." Or, as Dolera says, " that the masculine is not seen as the human and the feminine as the other ." All this, in a sharing with men, sharing with them "fears, contradictions and desires to see if this opens a dialogue."

He has to talk about Aina Clotet (" Who is that? " Jokes Freijeiro, who replaced her after her dismissal). Dolera explains: «I am calm because I know that I have not done anything wrong or anything bad or anything that goes against my principles or my morals. And that is very important to sleep well ». And he says that, from this experience he is left with one thing: «With the love I received from the team, which was something that I believe that I will not forget in life. Because this affected the entire team, 80 people , on a human level and they also had no doubt that we were not doing anything wrong. Because it was a decision made as a team ».

"When all this happened," Dolera recalls, "that she also left a mother at the media level in an incomprehensible and unfair way because of the search for clickbait , made us join very much." Villagrán tertia: "Although it has been contaminated by controversy or dotted with these stories, in the end the series speaks for itself." And Dolera then points to this side of the page: «From journalism you have to make a reflection , because I was surprised by what happened. Today, journalism and the media are great generators of stories and put on the table what is being said. As Spiderman said, all power carries a responsibility. And you have a lot of power ».

Leaving aside this issue Perfect life does not want to be moralistic or militant. "It seems that feminism is used to get votes and sell things, " says Dolera. "For the military, I wrote a book called Bite the Apple where I talk about feminism and feminist theory. But then besides being a feminist and writer about feminism, I am the author of fiction and through fiction what I like or what I try is to put light on the issues that worry me and worry me and on which I don't even have an answer . "

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