Eminyakeni engamashumi amathathu ngemva kokufa kuka-Antonio Flores, I-Alba Flores iguqula inkumbulo ibe yi-cinema ene-'Flowers for Antonio', ifilimu ecatshangelwe njengengxoxo esalindile phakathi kwendodakazi nobaba, emema umbukeli ukuthi angene ebudlelwaneni bomndeni ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa yinhliziyo yobuntatheli.
Ifilimu, iqondiswe ngu Isaki Lacuesta no-Elena Molina, yethulwe njengokubuka kuqala ku-San Sebastian Festival futhi izokhishwa kumatiyetha ngomhla ka- 28 ngoNovemba; ke, izobonakala ku-Movistar Plus+ ekuqaleni kuka-2026. Ukusabalalisa kuphethe Imelene Namafilimu Amanje, enkulumweni ethembisa ukuvuselela umsebenzi walo mculi.
Indodakazi ethungatha uyise
Isiqalo esomuntu siqu: U-Alba wayedinga ukuhlolisisa ukuthi u-Antonio wayengubani., ngale kwenganekwane nesibongo. Lapho esondela eminyakeni ashona ngayo, wezwa sekuyisikhathi sokuxazulula izinkumbulo zakhe, abuze imibuzo engakaze ibuzwe, futhi avule isikhala sosizi olwalubanjiwe.
Kulolohambo uphelezelwa unina, Ana Villa, nomamncane wakhe Lolita kanye no Rosario, kanye nabangane nozakwethu. Ifilimu iveza inkhulumomphendvulwano ezolile ehlanganisa ukuhleka, ukuthula, ngisho neziqephu ezinzima, ngaphandle kokugxila ekuguleni noma ezinyembezini ezilula.
Ifilimu ikhuluma ngokusobala imilutha womdwebi kanye nokubuyela emuva kwakhe, ethembele emazwini ka-Antonio kanye nemifanekiso yakhe ukuze agweme ama-euphemisms. Kunesimo esibucayi ikakhulukazi lapho u-Alba efunda umbiko wokugcina kayise wezokwelapha, ohlelwe ngokucophelela khuluma iqiniso ngaphandle kwemizwelo.
Ngaphandle kobuhlungu, le nqubo ibe yinto ebalulekile ku-Alba: uyazivumela ukuthi aphinde acule, ahlangane nomlando wakhe futhi abelane ngalokho akufundile. Yena ngokwakhe uyavuma ukuthi kube a inqubo yokuphulukisa, umsebenzi omenza akhululeke ngenkumbulo yakhe kanye neyomculi.
Umbukeli uvakashela izindawo ezinomzwelo oqinile, njengendlu yamapulangwe The Lerele kanye nethuna eLa Almudena, kuyilapho kuvela iphrofayili yalowo mfana abambiza ngokuthi "Loliyo": insizwa ephanayo futhi encokolayo, enozwela olukhulu futhi izwe elingaphakathi ngezinye izikhathi elinesisindo esikhulu kakhulu.
Ikholaji yempilo: ubuciko, izingobo zomlando nezingoma
'Izimbali zika-Antonio' zakhiwe njenge-mosaic nge amamodeli, imidwebo, amakholaji, i-Super 8 namavidiyo omndeni angashicilelweIfomu alilandelani ngokuqinile ngokwezikhathi: liyifilimu ephefumula ngesigqi sempahla yalo futhi livumela ubuciko buka-Antonio buhole.
Isithombe somculo sihlanganisa izigaba ezibalulekile: kusukela kumfutho we UGran Vía (1988) ekwanelisekeni kokudala kwe-'Cosas mías' (1994). Baqinisekisa izingoma eziyingxenye yenkumbulo edumile - 'No dudaría', 'Siete vidas', 'Una espina', 'Cuerpo de mujer', 'No puedo enamorarme de ti' - nenguqulo yabo enamandla 'Ake sithi ngikhuluma ngeMadrid'.
Kukhona indawo yama-anecdotes amancane okufunda enza umlingiswa abe ngumuntu, njengokubhabhadiswa kwabadumile "parachuru", owazalwa ngendwangu emise okweparashute ngesikhathi sokurekhoda; imininingwane yansuku zonke esisiza ukuthi sizizwe sisondelene no-Antonio, ngaphandle kwanoma yikuphi umkhuba.
Le filimu iphinde ithi yingxenye yayo umlingisi, ene-"Colegas" njengereferensi futhi okungavamile ukubonwa okomlando, okusithwe iminyaka eminingi umculo. Lapha, baphinde bathola indawo yabo futhi baqedele ukubukeka kweciko elinezici eziningi.
Indaba igqamisa ukunqotshwa a izwi lakho: kusukela “kundodana ka-Lola kanye no-'El Pescaílla'” ukuya kumculi onobunikazi, odlula ekukhanyeni nasethunzini, futhi enqoba ukucwasa ngenxa yesimo sakhe njenge-gypsy kanye ne-rocker embonini eyayingamuqondi ngaso sonke isikhathi.
Amazwi ahambisanayo kanye nefa elizwakala futhi
Kanye nomndeni, bathatha phansi Joaquín Sabina, Ariel Rot, Antonio Carmona o USilvia Perez Cruz, ingeza izinkumbulo nama-nuances angena kundida enkulu. Akekho ofuna ukudunyiswa okulula: kukhona uthando, yebo, kodwa futhi iso elibucayi nomongo.
Uhambo luphetha ngomculo obukhoma: ovela ekhonsathini ehlangene 'Phakamani ngezinhliziyo zenu' e-Vistalegre (2023), lapho u-Alba aqunga khona ukungena esiteji, esibikezelweni sakhe se-'La estrella'. Esikrinini sibona ukuthi kanjani buyisa izwi lakho ayenobudlelwano obunzima naye kusukela esemncane.
Ifilimu ikhonjiswe ku- Uhlelo lwama-73 lwe-San Sebastian Film Festival njengoba ikhishwe ngaphambilini, iphumile emqhudelwaneni, futhi izoqhubeka nokudlala ezinkundleni zemidlalo yeshashalazi ngoNovemba 28, ngaphambi kokukhonjiswa kwayo okokuqala ngqa epulatifomu ye-Movistar Plus+ ekuqaleni kuka-2026.
Ku-Alba, izingcezu ezifana 'Bengingeke ngingabaze' Baqhubeka nokubekela inselele okwamanje: ingoma ibuyela kuye lapho ebona izithombe zezingxabano nobudlova emhlabeni-futhi lapho ecabanga ngeGaza-ubufakazi bokuthi umlayezo uhlala ubalulekile emashumini eminyaka kamuva.
Nge ukusatshalaliswa kwe-A Contracorriente Films kanye nokusekelwa kwe-Movistar Plus+, ifilimu ihlose ukwengeza abalaleli abasha emsebenzini ka-Antonio futhi abeke ifa lakhe endaweni elifanele, ngaphandle kokulahlekelwa umbono womuntu ohamba kuwo kusukela ekuqaleni kuya ekugcineni.
'Izimbali zika-Antonio' iphakama njengenhlonipho engashintshiwe: inkumbulo yomndeni, izingobo zomlando ezingalindelekile, kanye nokubuka kobuciko okuhlela okwedlule ukuze kuqondwe okwamanje. Ifilimu ethi, ngokwethembeka nangokuzola, ixhuma kabusha indodakazi noyise futhi ibuyisela phambili izingoma zomdali obalulekile.