Jordi Évole: "I don't think anyone will cry with grief watching the documentary by Pau Donés"

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Pau Donés, in a moment of the talk with Jordi Évole.

'That you give me', which opens in theaters, picks up the talk that the Catalan journalist had with the singer two weeks before he died

Of all the interviews that

(Cornellá de Llobregat, Barcelona, ​​1974) has done so far (and there are hundreds), the one he conducted with Pau Donés is very special for him.

And different.

As Évole himself tells us, that talk that the

"is a gift that Pau has given us all."

That which you give me

collects that conversation that took place in the house that the musician had in the Arán Valley and, later, in the mountains, in which a journalist and singer talk about life and

The journalist spoke with the singer two weeks before he passed away.

What moods have you passed through since Pau Donés called you to talk until now, when the documentary is released in theaters? I admit that this talk with Pau has changed me, it has made a dent in me and there are phrases that he said that I remember very often since then.

Phrases that, in reality, he did not say to me, but to everyone.

I have been a person more of action than of reflection.

But, after this talk, I want to give certain things a spin. Of all the phrases that Pau Donés says, don't you think that "I, life" is surprising when you ask him what he is left with at that moment? It seems very good and it is a declaration of principles ... What was going through your mind during the talk? I could see that everything was flowing, that it was going well.

When you are faced with a job of this type, you do not carry an instruction manual because there is none.

They don't teach you something like that in college.

And you don't know how it's going to turn out.

At first we were both nervous because we didn't know if we could do it.

Pau had doubts that the body would hold him.

Therefore, I did not want to have too many pretensions beyond doing what we could.

But that helped us both.

Pau Donés in the video clip 'Eso que tú me das', published shortly before his death.

Don't you think that Pau Donés was more vital than optimistic? Of course.

He appeals to life.

With his "I, life" he sums up in two words something that he would give for a treatise and it is a statement of life. Who has given a gift to whom? Pau Donés has given us a gift.

Me and everyone.

With everything that has happened I have seen that this documentary is useful and can serve many people in their lives.

Jordi Évole was a friend of Pau Donés for years.

Would you like the public to go to the cinema to see

as if it were the conversation between two friends and not just the conversation between a famous musician and a well-known journalist? That is one of the keys: that it be a universal conversation for the theme we use.

That is why we are very careful to include any mention of the current pandemic.

There was one and, in the end, we removed it from the montage so that there would not be a temporary reference and

can be seen in 25 years and do not think that it was recorded during the pandemic.

After all, in this documentary there are only two people talking.

The protagonist is the word.When he accepts the commitment to go to his date with Pau Donés and chat with him, he was aware that you are going to see him with a different physical appearance.

For this reason, how would I warn the viewer who does not know what he is going to see or how Pau will be on the screen? I would take away the fear of facing something that they may think is going to be sad or tearful.

It's not like that.

is a documentary that, despite the fact that the person who stars in it has death around the corner, is a hymn to total life.

It is true that it is impressive to see the appearance of Pau.

But, after three minutes, that passes and you do not notice if he has a probe or is skinny, but in his words.

It happened to me during the conversation and I think it will happen to the viewers.

With this, you get to enter into the depths of his speech.

is seen in cinemas and not on television is a joy? For now and at least this year it will be seen only in cinemas.

Hopefully it will last longer than a weekend.

But let's see how it works ... (laughs).

The important thing is to arrive and that the public see it.

Although I intend to do something like

, television is sometimes very

.

That is why it was important that the digestion of this work be slow.

I wanted everything to be like this.

In a cinema I believe that the viewer is encouraged to see this in a very voluntary way, as he leaves his house and buys a ticket.

On television you could find the documentary zapping.

Not here.

If he is in theaters, the public will go to see him because they want to, because he has gone through a similar situation, because he loves Pau ... what do I know? Those who knew him speak of him as a good person.

What image did she have of him? Pau was a real uncle.

Whoever thought that he sold the motorcycle through his songs of being someone very positive in order to sell more records is wrong.

It is seen in the talk.

He was that positive and very authentic. What did he say to you when the talk was over and the technicians turned off the cameras? What you can see is that he ends the conversation with a bang.

It begins with a small voice and ends by singing after having driven the car to the meadow where the documentary ends.

From there, what is not seen is that Pau came down from the mountain and I stayed up for a while walking because I needed him.

Then I went to his house and I knew it was the final goodbye.

We knew it would be the last time we said goodbye and hugged each other very tightly. Crying with this documentary shouldn't be something strange ... Crying with emotion always has to be welcome.

Here it is achieved.

And I don't think anyone will cry with grief watching this documentary.

In the conversation it is seen that there is everything: from emotion to laughter.

When I have attended shows I liked to see people laughing at certain times ... Do you know if Pau Donés' family has seen

? Yes.

And they liked it.

For me it was essential that they like it.

When the brothers wrote to me, it was very gratifying to know that they were in favor.

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