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"I have talent, yes, but as a singer and as a model, not as a whore." The phrase could well be a flag in the days of Metoo, but it is only one of the most lyrical, as well as energetic, starts that populate one of the most surprising, identifiable and even essential careers on the Spanish scene, be it cinema or theater. . It is heard in Pepi, Luci, Bom and other girls of the pile , from Almodóvar, and is pronounced by María Isabel Ana Mantecón Vernalte, also known as Kiti Mánver (Antequera, 1953). Now, this woman with totem manners receives the Biznaga Ciudad del Paraíso at the Malaga Festival as a tribute to her career, which, whether she wants it or not, is that of all the spectators in any corner of Spanish cinema. The award comes right after presenting the filmEl inconveniente , by Bernabé Rico on a play by Juan Carlos Rubio. In the film, in one of her few leading roles, she gives life to an old woman who has become exactly what the title announces: the greatest inconvenience to selling the apartment she occupies.

Is it annoying to receive tributes for the past when you brag about plans for the future? I received my first tribute when I was in my forties. I understood that no one was kicking you out. Perhaps the problem is that I started very early when I was just 16 years old. When did the daughter of a police commissioner decide to dedicate herself to this? I am aware of having been what I have always been. But I remember that in the Línea de la Concepción, in Cádiz, I heard music through a door. I look out and remember a cane and a skirt moving. It must have been a dance school ... And from there to the movie that we see now that deals with how we treat the elderly and does it after we have seen what we have seen because of Covid ... We are inconvenient since long ago. Lagarde, from the IMF, already said, we live in a society in which old people get in the way. We are blamed that we live long. Why is it so rare in Spanish and world cinema to find a movie starring two women (she and Juana Acosta) and that one of them is an old woman. If we take into account that already producing a film in this country is almost a suicidal act and that the televisions, which are the big producers, want what they want, it is very difficult to build a project that is not for adolescents. And actually, things really happen to you after 40. The question was directed more to how little women's lives are told in cinema. Well, the film may be a symptom that young people are more Permeable to everyone, not only to the world of men ... The truth is that, in addition to Icíar Bollaín and Marina Seresesky, with whom I just shot, in cinema I have worked with very few female directors. What happens to change things? Change exists and is underway. Things are getting done, but it should be a much quicker change. In the last Goya, for example, the figures say that women have gone backwards. And that, without going any further, it is being seen that women govern and manage better than men. So what is the next step in your opinion? The truth is that power is still in the hands of men. I imagine it will cost a lot to change, but it is unstoppable. You have to legislate and start with quota policies because you have to start with something .... An anecdote from recently came to mind with that step backwards. I was reading the biography of Fernando VII and we see what his descendant has done now and ... there is no way. They're scoundrels ... It's one thing ... We're always taking steps backwards across the board. It is physical, in the face of action there is always a reaction ... Yes and in the worst way. How could we imagine that at this point we were going to see what we are seeing now with the extreme right? How could one imagine it? To return to the award, what do you think directors as different as Gutiérrez Aragón, Pedro Almodóvar, Enrique Urbizu, Álex de la Iglesia or José Luis Garci have seen in Kiti Mánver? Simply that the word gets out and that's it. María Luisa Ponte was once asked how she managed to get into her roles and she answered: "I put on my cap and go out." Well, so do I. Rafael Alonso told me on another occasion: "This is the most wonderful job in the world, but you don't have to transcendentalize so much either." And I believe him.

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