Gael Garcia Bernal says that knowing how to fail is the secret to success in cinema

First Amendment: 02/19/2024 – 01:23

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The 45-year-old producer is also starring in the sci-fi film “Another Ending,” which will compete for the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival on Saturday.

He is accompanied in the film by French-Argentine Berenice Bejo and Norwegian Renate Rensvi, who became famous at the 2021 Cannes Film Festival, where she won the Best Actress award.

“When I started making films, or in a way when cinema found me, some things happened very quickly,” the actor told AFP, speaking in English during a meeting with the press in Berlin.

He said doing theater “is important if you don't want to lose your mind” in the world of stars.

“You can make mistakes. Theater is about trying things and sometimes they work and sometimes they don't. You don't always reach ultimate happiness.”

The actor, a favorite of international filmmakers, said he talked about it while filming with Rensvi, who arrived at the current Berlinale with two English-language films: “Another Ending” and “A Different Man,” a comedy about disfigurement and deformity. beauty.

Reinsve has also done theater work. “We have a lot in common,” the Mexican actor said. “Suddenly, cinema came to us,” added García Bernal, who admits that he has taken some breaks in his career.

“A few years ago it stopped giving me pleasure,” until Pablo Larraín’s Oscar-nominated 2013 film “No,” about the resistance to Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet, restored his “joy and happiness.” “He desires.”

“A good movie lasts for many years, compared to a lot of bad movies,” he joked. In short: “You don't have to worry too much about the ups and downs.”

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