THIS IS MY LIFE NOW: YA The Movie

It feels like you know when something is going to 

be special, from the beginning. 

From the word GO, from the moment when you 

hear of it or you are told directly. 

I was told directly.

I was told directly in a party. 

I was told directly in a party with no much room but plenty of alcohol around. 

When the topic came on i sort of sobered up a little and thought: shit shit... this ain't no chitchat. 

I slowed down on the drinking and listened to him. He said he was finishing writting a movie where the whole action, drama and all of it hapens around this girl, a young girl, a young girl called Daniela. There was a pause. I didn't talk cause i did not want to interrupt his flow and also i wanted to know what this whole thing had to do with me.

Daniela -he continued- is a girl who's life changes throughout the film. Her story takes her through deep dark moments of sorrow and despair, pushing her instincts to act untenably. So the character is complicated -he added- And it is so, cause we see her doing what usually happens behind closed doors. 

We see her alone a lot of the time. Her and the hell she's living, sharing a flat, in Mexico City. 

So Daniela has to be as real as you and I. There would be no way of hiding holes.

And of course, if you are an actor you may be thinking "of course, all the characters i've played are real". 

I must confess I've never known this much about a person i'm about to become...Never before i've asked myself how does my character wipe when she goes to the toilet. 

Let's go back to the beginning of this whole story. So he said he would like to see me audition for this film.

I was so glad. Cause you'll be surprise what some people do. After telling you about a character, that according to the descriptions could perfectly be performed by you they tell you something like: "... and we are so happy with  XXX who is our main actress, she's fabulous..."  SERIOUSLY It happens!.

The film is called YA, which has so many meanings I'm fearfull not to find the roundness in English which it has in Spanish. But it could mean the following: (it all depens on the entonation you give it)

       That's it

                    Enough

                             That's Enough

                                                  Right now

                                                                   Already

                                                                                 At Once

                                                                                                 Now

 ... to be continued




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