Pablo Larraín: "Diana Spencer broke the logic of the monarchy fairy tale"

• Venice Film Festival 'Spencer', Lady Di and the end of the monarchy

Pablo Larraín says that a good part of the reasons that attend his last film that opens on Friday,

', has to do with his mother. "For some reason, she was fascinated by her," says the Chilean director on the other side of the zoom while trying to find reasons not strictly sentimental or family that have led him to investigate the life of the princess who was also icon. And it was absolutely so in England, in the Chile of his mother and his and in this wide world full of mothers. "My film is not, in any case, a

. I was interested in investigating that particular fight that the protagonist had against everyone and against herself to, somehow, discover who she really was.

It is, if you like, a story about identity and, of course, about motherhood, "he explains by way of a prologue.

In reality, the path that the film proposes could be described as the opposite of that drawn by Nietzsche himself of mothers bent on the unhappiness of their children, "for only in this way can maternal goodness manifest itself." The protagonist embodied with a rare perfection by

, on the contrary, trusts her salvation to precisely the well-being of her children who are also princes. "Beyond determining whether she was a good or a bad mother, the truth is that she was a relevant mother. The way her children today relate to her memory gives a good account of it ... I remember when we were filming, during the interaction with child actors (Jack Nielen and Freddie Spry who play

) I realized to what extent Diana's story was important to me, for the simple reason that I am also a son ", continues the director in his stubborn will to achieve the archetype, the universal, which concerns us all and that transcends the pink anecdote.

Kristen Stewart in the movie 'Spencer', by Pablo Larraín. "" WORLD

To situate ourselves, '

' stops in just three days of the never mourned enough (or yes) Diana Frances Spencer. I mean, Lady Di. What happened on that decisive end of the year is recounted after the Windsor estate in Sandringham, Norfolk, where everything broke down. The film, rather than speculating on anything, entertains itself in reconstructing the internal geography of a cataclysm. It is not about narrating or explaining anything but about approaching the emotional story from within. On a script by the very brawny

'

'reconstructs a universe of anguish in which the imperative of duty as a member of the Royal House encounters the most elemental impulse in life. That or, from another point of view, the royal patriarchy (of reality and royalty) comes face to face with the evidence of abuse.

"The fascinating thing is to observe a character trapped in the wheel of history and a tradition with more than a millennium of antiquity. That is why it seemed appropriate to establish a comparison with the life of

, beheaded five centuries ago for revolting against what to a certain extent, and with all the precautions you want, the two women share many things. Diana dared to break the logic of the fairy tale of the monarchy that had been written for her. the royal family is, in truth,

"says Larraín in a run.

Is your film a questioning of the monarchy itself? I honestly do not think my opinion is relevant. I also don't think 'Spencer' is about whether or not royalty makes sense. Of course it is absurd that by mere birth some have more privileges than others. But that is applicable to all of society, be it a republic like Chile or a monarchy like Spain. I don't believe in too simple answers. The character played by Timothy Spall believes that the monarchy serves the purpose of uniting all the British in the same spirit and therefore must be protected.

Be that as it may, '

', with nuances, replicates the model already used by Pablo Larraín in his previous film '

' (by JFK's widow). Then, the director measured and analyzed with the pulse of a surgeon the tragedy of another great lady. If then the setting was the White House for the four days following the assassination of September 22, 1963 in Dallas, now it is a palace in the middle of the countryside on a long and very murky weekend. If before, the protagonist played by

suffered in solitude tortured by the smell of the blood still hot on the suit jacket, now it is Kristen Stewart who goes bankrupt harassed by the label, the History, the husband, the Queen, the servants , dogs, pheasants and everything else.

The director of 'Spencer', Pablo Larraín.

"There are points in contact, but the differences matter more to me. It is true that the two films are about famous women and powerful families. In both cases, the protagonists are struggling against the shadow of their husbands and what they represent. And, for Going down to detail,

Diana was especially original in mixing colors. But that film, the one from 2016, focused on memory, legacy and mourning. In this case, the important thing is the future. What Lady Di will be from that weekend on, "says the director.

Larraín says that knowing that everything will end years later in a car accident gives the idea of ​​destiny that presides over the film "a component of Greek tragedy."

He also claims to be very aware of the sensitivity of the matter always threatened by the temptation of sensationalism.

"I knew we were using a very dangerous material, but we worked with respect, fascination and love for the figure of Diana," he says.

And on whether or not it is convenient to bring old wounds to the present, the director prefers a quote if not classic, if not timely: "As Subcomandante Marcos used to say:

"

Well that.

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