{"id":196055,"date":"2019-04-03T16:15:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-03T20:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=196055"},"modified":"2019-04-03T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-03T20:19:31","slug":"blanca-rosa-blanco-im-afraid-of-labels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/culture\/cinema\/blanca-rosa-blanco-im-afraid-of-labels\/","title":{"rendered":"Blanca Rosa Blanco: “I’m afraid of labels”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Spring came to the cold northern state of Minnesota and with it the visit of Cuban actress \u0336 and now director \u0336 Blanca Rosa Blanco. She was there to present her first feature, El regreso<\/em> (The Return), at the 10th Cuban Film Festival held in the capital, Minneapolis. <\/span><\/p>\n

After 25 years as an actress, Blanca Rosa surprises playing three roles at the same time in cinema: playing a leading role, and as director and screenwriter. It is a show of boldness and at the same time of maturity for having decided to give rein to her artistic concerns.<\/span><\/p>\n

How did the idea of \u200b\u200bthe movie come about?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It arose while I was playing Major M\u00f3nica in the police series \u201cTras la huella.\u201d During those 10 years I realized that television had certain codes that did not allow me to do everything I wanted and I always thought that cinema was the ideal platform to exploit all the resources of the detective genre.<\/span><\/p>\n

I wanted to expand my expectations and put myself to the test in front of the Cuban public, which was also demanding a different cinema. Actors are always very exposed to public opinion, we are constantly taking note, and I was always receiving.<\/span><\/p>\n

How much does Patricia (protagonist of El regreso<\/em>) have of Major M\u00f3nica from \u201cTras la huella\u201d?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I think they are characters that can\u2019t be divorced. In Cuba there is definitely the antecedent of the same actress, the same person who played a character for 10 years. There will inevitably be an association. Even so, I try to separate them.<\/span><\/p>\n

Patricia\u2019s character is less strong, more sensitive, and she exposes herself more. She has the possibility of being more courageous, of taking the reins, of knowing that if she is not the one who resolves the conflicts, no one else will do it, and her own personality allows her to get to the end.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is something that M\u00f3nica did not have. That character was conditioned by story frameworks for television and I think I was able to somehow settle that debt I had of giving it continuity through another character, in this case Patricia.<\/span><\/p>\n

The detective story is a genre that I like. I’d love to do a saga of detective films. And give it a sensual touch, that they not always be these women with traditionally masculine, strict values, with a hard look, close to masculinity. I wanted to defend that this character be elegant, that it wears high heels, that it knows how to handle them and that that was not an impediment to pursue her goals.<\/span><\/p>\n