Umqondisi ka-El Pedro Almodovar usanda kumemezela ukuthi ulungiselela ifilimu yakhe elandelayo nokuthi isiteji sendawo yangaphandle sizoqala maduze lapho enethemba lokuqopha khona.
Phakathi nesithangami sabezindaba esasibanjwe ngesikhathi somklomelo weLumiere awuthola ezinsukwini ezimbalwa ezedlule eLyon, u-Almodóvar uveze ukuthi ifilimu yakhe elandelayo izokwenzeka ezindaweni ezahlukene zaseSpain ngaphezu kweMadrid.
Umqondisi ovela eLa Mancha umemezele ukuthi: “Mayelana nabanye abalingisi neminye imininingwane sizoba nesikhathi sokukhuluma ezinyangeni ezizayo”. Uphinde waqinisekisa ukuthi izimo zokwenza amafilimu eSpain azikaze zibe zimbi kakhulu, isimo asichaza ngendlela abaphathi baseSpain abenza ngayo, okumenza acabange ukuthi kungenzeka ukuthi ashiye iMadrid.
Amazwi akhe akagcinanga lapho kodwa ubefuna ukwengeza ngokuthi “Isimo sokungathembeki ifilimu ezithola ikuso eSpain sibi kakhulu kunakuqala. Kuyindida ukuthi izinga lokuhambela imidlalo yeshashalazi lizonyuka kulo nyaka. Lizonyuka ngoba kunamafilimu amathathu akhiqizwa izitshudiyo, okuyiziteshi zethelevishini eSpain, ezinomoya owedlulele wezohwebo. Amanye amafilimu, okungenani ama-99%, agwetshelwe isabelomali esincane noma akukho sabelomali”.
Imininingwane engaphezulu - Amafilimu amahle kakhulu onyaka ngokusho kukaPedro Almodóvar