Religious horrors on screen

by times news cr

2024-05-07 19:15:31

Inmaculada generates controversy due to the topics it addresses, such as terror in a religious society; its protagonists assure that they do not seek offend. The film that has raised controversies due to its ending arrives in theaters.

“We are not looking to make a film about the church or religion; we made a specific story that happens to a specific woman in a specific convent. “If anyone felt offended, we are sorry, it was not our intention to achieve that,” said the Spanish actor, Álvaro Morte, who gives life to the Father Sal Tedeschi in this film.

For her part, the protagonist and producer of InmaculadaSydney Sweeney, During his speech, he described this mixed judgment as a personal satisfaction, since he said that he likes to make the tapes generate dialogue.

“Originally, the production was intended to take place in a school in Ireland, but when I was able to have the complete script ten years later, school no longer made sense to me, so I was able to give it an interesting twist. atmosphere of Cecilia’s story “It allowed me to add more value to the filming and I am finally happy with the result and the reactions,” Sweeney said to the media. Mexican communication.

Morte, of Andalusian origin, who grew up in a predominantly Catholic society, reflected with this film on the themes of religion and terror that he experienced during Holy Week in his childhood and recognized the fine line between what divine and the fear of the unknown.

“We had all these beautiful images of sacred art for which many people came to visit us in Andalusia, but at the same time they are terrifying, they are very dark, they were made several centuries ago and I think that at that time the message was very close to the suffering of Christ, but when you are seven years and you go out on the street and see these things, it’s terrifying.

“All this iconography is very connected to the thriller, I don’t think we have invented anything new in the film, but I feel that the connection of the genre with religion comes from the conception of faith, which means that you believe in something that you don’t know. actually, so we played with the concept of how this could appear,” added Morte, known for his role as The Professor in the series Netflix, The Money Heist.

Inmaculada tells the story of Cecilia, an American nun who decides to accept an important position in a convent in an Italian villa. However, after her warm welcome, she will discover a place that holds horrors and will make her live a nightmare.

For Sweeney, the story is very interesting because it takes place in a convent that is not exactly close to the church, so they do not follow all the regulations nor is the priest like a normal man who is usually a father.

“That is why for Cecilia, “that comes from a more traditional place, in another country, the experience manages to transform it in many ways,” highlighted the producer, who introduces Immaculateas its second production and which will premiere on May 30.

2024-05-07 19:15:31

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