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Lola Duenas, Silver Shell at San Sebastian for “Me, too”

Saturday, September 26th, 2009

San Sebastián, 26 sep (EFE) .- She was quite clear, because I knew the character of Lola, the disenchanted and lonely woman who finds life in a boy with Down syndrome the solution to loneliness in “I, too, “was the role of his life, and the Silver Shell at San Sebastian Festival endorses it.

It is the first starring role of Lola Dueñas, winner of a Goya as supporting actress for “The Sea Inside” by Amenabar, and another candidate for “Volver,” Almodovar, a character who, as explained to Efe, came hands of Alvaro Antonio Naharro Shepherd, who debuted with this film.

“I, too,” whose premiere is scheduled for Oct. 16, tells the relationship between Daniel, a young 34 year old Seville, after becoming the first European student with Down syndrome, began to work in an office of the Administration where he meets Laura, who falls from the outset.

Lola Duenas, who know nothing Pastor Navarro and felt that “something came up between the three” was a little unsure at first meeting with Pablo Pineda, who portrays Daniel and has become the first syndrome Down in getting an international prize as the Silver Shell “Then I realized that Paul was a very special person, yes, has Down syndrome, but it’s different,” says the actress, who acknowledges that when he met was so excited that he could not help and cried. “Therefore, he adds, and how did the shoot, I think there will be a before and after in my career.”

“I, too,” starring Isabel García, Pedro Alvarez, Consuelo Trujillo and Daniel Parejo, is for Lola Duenas, a film discussion. “We are all very well run by friendly people and very professional, and it shows,” says.

“Everybody should see,” recommended “so that they realized that people with Down, although different, have their own feelings and desires.”

Lola Duenas prepares to make the professional leap from the hand of French filmmaker Alix Delaporte, with a small role in Spanish. “So far I have been very selective about my roles, I am going to work harder, even starting from scratch, because work is the best way to learn”. EFE