Natalia de Molina premieres ‘The Turtle Maneuver’: “The system does not treat us women well”

The trajectory of Natalie de Molina She has been unstoppable since her debut, just nine years ago, in ‘Living is easy with closed eyes’ (David Trueba, 2013), a film for which she won her first Goya, as Newcomer Actress. She was born in Jaén but was adopted from Granada. She won a second big head, as Best Actress, for ‘Roof and food’ (Juan Miguel del Castillo, 2015). Then came three more nominations. “When they remind me of it, it impresses me because it is not something that I have looked for. It has happened in such a natural way that I don’t quite believe it. It was during that pause that confinement meant when I was able to reflect and I have been more aware of everything that has happened to me.

engaged actress

If their characters have something in common in the aforementioned films or in later ones, such as ‘Animals without a collar’, ‘Who will sing to you’, ‘Elisa and Marcela’, ‘Adios’ or ‘Las Niñas’, it is that they are women vulnerable in appearance but strong and fighter inside. “I wish the world were more fragile and less robotic”he thinks “Being sensitive and being affected by what happens around you is not a symptom of weakness, that is where people are stronger, in survival”, he thinks “I like to participate in projects where there is a reflection on the issues that concern me, beyond my own work as an actress. This is something I have in common with Juan Miguel”. She is referring to the director of ‘Roof and Food’ whom she has met again in “The Turtle Maneuver” adaptation of the police novel of the same name by Benito Olmo. “I really wanted to work with him again. It has been very nice to realize that we are the same as then”.

Thriller in Cadiz

The film revolves around the appearance of the body of a girl in Cádiz, and the police investigation to clarify the case. In the investigations, the tanned inspector Bianquetti, played by the French actor Fred Tatien (‘Black Beach’), is involved, taking it almost personally. In parallel, a nurse who is a neighbor of this policeman, a character she plays, asks him for help to locate her ex-partner, who threatens her by phone. “Cinema is a reflection of our daily lives and the system does not treat us women well”, summarizes. “The plot is a study on the different aspects of gender violence.” Her preparation for her role led to her losing seven kilos, which made it even more difficult for her to take close-ups of her, shot with a snorricamcontraption of 13 kilos that was hanging from the body. “I had the camera close to my face and I could see myself reflected in the lens, which made it very difficult for me to concentrate on the performance”confess.