The writer of 'Gladiator' now dissects a divorce

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William Nicholson with Annette Bening at one point during the filming of 'Return to Hope Gap'.

Interview with William Nicholson, screenwriter of blockbusters such as 'Gladiator' or 'Les Misérables', who directs 'Return to Hope Gap'

The film starring Annette Bening and Bill Nighy, portrays the painful divorce process of a British couple

23 years ago

(Lewes, Great Britain, 1948) directed

, a melodrama with Sophie Marceau and Stephen Dillane.

A film that won the Jury Prize and the Photography Prize at the San Sebastián festival.

So far it was Nicholson's only feature film as a director.

Despite that tape, William Nicholson

Specifically, this Briton

(in 1994, for the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for

; and, in 2001, for Best Screenplay for

) and has been nominated five times in the British Bafta .

In addition, he has signed the scripts for films such as

,

,

or

.

Titles that have triumphed at the box office and that make Nicholson

in recent decades.

Edward (Bill Nighy) and Grace (Annette Bening) disagree on how to separate.

Now, Nicholson directs and signs the script for

, a drama whose

.

The two play a married couple living in a small British town next to the beach and the cliffs of Hope Gape.

Jamie (Josh O'Connor), her son, has long since gone to live alone in the big city for work reasons.

So, in a moment of calm, when no one expects it and taking advantage of Jamie's visit,

From there,

According to her, that decision is up to both of them.

And neither Edward nor his son Jamie seem to agree with her.

Despite the fact that reality proves that time and lack of expectations on Edward's part have led to only one way out: divorce.

and that ends up also causing collateral damage in Jamie, the son, and even in Edward, who seems to be calmer since he dropped "the bomb."

"After having spent so many years without getting behind the camera, I found myself calm when starting a project like this. It

and had rehearsed so much with Billy and Annette that I went with a lot of security on my first day of shooting, "says Nicholson, who points out that the idea of ​​shooting this movie comes from afar.

"Many years ago I considered shooting it.

Although they read the script, I think it would have been very difficult for my father and mother to see the story in pictures because it has a lot to do with they".

Grace (Annette Bening) and her son Jamie (Josh O'Connor).

On his idea of ​​divorce, William Nicholson does not believe that it is a family failure.

For him "getting

is something very common. More and more. What I always see is that it

When you have the possibility to stop that damage in time, you get no one to suffer more than they should. Which is an advantage for children and also economically.

"I have not wanted that

just a drama to cry on. I wanted to introduce notes of humor and even some intrigue," says the British director.

It's scary to see them transform into their characters from zero to one hundred and recreate the emotion in a masterful way."

Finally, it is obligatory to ask William Nicholson

, a film whose script he signed with David Franzoni and John Logan.

"

. Of course, because of what was told in it and because of how it was directed and interpreted. But, above all, because of the music of Lisa Gerrard and Hans Zimmer. Still today I hear it on the radio and it takes me back to that time immediately. And, in case you're wondering,

in the circus arena. That 'I'm Máximo Décimo Meridio ... 'Rather, mine was the final stretch of the film (laughs) "

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