ESydney yintsimbi yesi-9:00 ebusuku kwaye, emva kokugqiba ukufotwa komculo uCarmen kunye nomhlobo wakhe kunye nommelwane wase-Australia u-Elsa Pataky Rossy de Palma Palma de Mallorca 1964 ukuya kumajelo eendaba ngeZoom. Uyenzela ukukhuthaza iiNyoni eziNcinane i-Sky miniseries esekwe kumabali avuselelayo ka-Anais Nin apho uDe Palma edlala i-Countess Mantrax ekhohlakeleyo kunye ne-Starzplay eqalayo kule Cawa.

Esazulwini sobhubhani we-coronavirus, elona gcisa lamazwe aphesheya eSpain liphakathi kweeprojekthi zalo ezininzi ezilungelelanisiweyo kwi-opera kaBizet kaNatalie Portman, ifilimu yokuqala yomyeni ka-Natalie Portman, uBenjamin Millepied iifilimu ezininzi kunye nomboniso kwikhaya lakhe lesibini, eFransi, uthotho lweSenor lundinike umonde. I-Atresmedia kunye neXesha elithile Kodwa ayisekho kwiNetflix ukongeza kwifilimu elandelayo kaPedro Almodovar Parallel Mothers. Isitshixo kwimpumelelo yakho ungabeki nayiphi na imida.

OKOKUQALA, YINTONI EKUTHANDAYO KWIINTAKA EZANCANE KUNYE NOMNTU WAKHO, IBALA IMANTRAX?

Ndandiyithanda kakhulu into yokuba ibhalwe yayalelwa kwaye yenziwe ngabasetyhini. Kwaye ngokusekelwe kumabali ka-Anais Nin, endiyifunde xa ndimncinci kakhulu kwaye evule iifestile ezininzi zesondo kunye nenkululeko yokuba ngumfazi kunye nokuzifumanisa. Ndiphinde ndatsalwa kwinto yokuba yayisetwa kulaa Tangier ye50s. Kwaye malunga ne-Countess, eyona nto ndiyithanda kakhulu yikhabhathi yakhe kuba uneelokhwe ezintle kakhulu kunye neminqwazi. Ubuntu bakhe, njengoko ubunokulindela, abunanto yakwenza nam kuba ukhohlakele kakhulu, ukhohlakele, kwaye uwasebenzisa kakubi amandla akhe.

U-Anais Nin wabhala iiNyoni eziNcinane, amabali athi iiNtaka eziNcinane ziphefumlelwe, ngeminyaka yoo-1940. Yintoni ephazamisayo malunga nokubalisa kwakhona ukuvuswa ngokwesondo kunye nokukhangela inkululeko kaLucy Savage, umlinganiswa omncinci, ngo-2021? Ewe, kubonakala ngathi isabhukuqa, akunjalo? Kuya kufuneka ndizifunde kwakhona kodwa ndicinga ukuba zisengoku kakhulu. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba ngomlingiswa weJuno Temple unokuziva uchongiwe yindlela umyeni, uluntu, kunye nabazali bakhe bambeka ngayo xa into ayifunayo kukuzifumana kwaye onwabe.

Ngaloo ndlela, kwaye njengoko ubutshilo ngaphambili, kutheni kubalulekile kuwe ukuba emva kweekhamera iqela likhokelwa ngumgcini wesikrini uSophia Al-Maria kunye nomlawuli uStacie Passon?
Awunqweneli, kukho ubuntununtunu obukhethekileyo indlela yokuxela. Andithandi ukwahlula phakathi kwesini kuba italente sisiphiwo nokuba yindoda okanye ngumfazi. Kodwa kukwakho nengqikelelo eyothusayo nokuba amadoda aya kubhala ngezinto abaziqhelileyo njengoko amadoda nabafazi benelizwe elahlukileyo lokuba ngabafazi. Kwaye ndicinga ukuba kulungile ukuba abafazi baqale ukuba ngabalinganiswa bebali lethu kwaye akukho mntu usibhalelayo.
Ukwabelana ngesondo kwaye ngaphezu kwayo yonke iminqweno yabasetyhini isanqongophele kwi-audiovisual?

Ngexesha elidlulileyo intatheli yaseFransi yandixelela ukuba umlingiswa wam unesondo kakhulu kwaye oko akubonakali ngathi kuyagxekwa. I-Libido yinto enkulu. Into engancomekiyo kakhulu yindlela aphumeza ngayo iziphelo zakhe zesini ngokumnyama, ukoyikisa, ukusongela. Mhlawumbi asiqhelanga ukubona abafazi ababelana ngesondo, abazimeleyo, nabanamandla. Kodwa buqu, ubomi bam bonke bebubobuganga kwaye andizange ndicele imvume yokwenza into ebendicinga ukuba yeyam. Ukuba ngawam amalungelo, andisayi kuwacela, ndiza kuwasebenzisa. Ngoku urekhoda eOstreliya, ebonisa imveliso yaseBritane, kwaye sele eza kukhupha izihloko ezininzi eFransi, apho ekwahonjiswe ngembasa yegosa le-Order of Arts and Letters. Ngokucacileyo, nawe usebenza apha, kodwa ngaba uziva uxabiseke ngakumbi phesheya kunaseSpain?

Andingowesizwe kakhulu. Kuya kuba nzima kum ukuthi ndingumSpanish. Kunzima ukuba ndithi ndingumLungu. Eyona nto ndingayithetha ukuba bandityhalela ukuba ndizichaze kukuba ndivakalelwa yiMeditera. Kodwa ndinegazi leBasque ne-Asturian, endikwangumCantabrian ngalo. Utata wam njengomntwana wandixelela ukuba 'usemhlabeni wonke' kwaye ndakholelwa. Ndiziva ndingummi wehlabathi kwaye ngoku ndikwi-antipodes, kubonakala ngathi enye iplanethi kwaye ndiziva ndisekhaya, kuba ndiziva ndi-Australian.

Apho ndiya khona, ndidibanisa nendawo kakuhle kakhulu. Kwaye ndihlala ndisithi ndikholelwa kuphela ukuba imida ye-gastronomic geopolitics ayindiniki mdla kwaphela. Kwaye akukho mntu uvela kuMars, sonke sisuka kwiplanethi enguMhlaba. Inyani yeyokuba phakathi kobhubhane nangaphezulu kwamashumi amahlanu, ufumana umzuzwana wokusebenza kakuhle ngelixa abadlali abaninzi bemidlalo bexela ukuba, kule minyaka abafumani zibonelelo.

Kwaye andikholelwa kwimida yeminyaka ukuba ngcono okanye okubi. At 20 I was like I was 40 ndaphila through adolescence in my 30s now I am 56 and ndikwiminyaka yamashumi amabini, ndimncinci kakhulu. Andingeni kwiilokhi ndikhululeke kakhulu. Ukuba uyazichaza uyazikhawulela kwaye nam andizazi nokuba ndingubani. Andingomdlali weqonga. Ndiligcisa elisebenza njengomdlali weqonga, kodwa andinabo ubomi bam bobugcisa obuphantsi kolawulo ukuze njengegcisa ndiphile into ezayo. Ndinethamsanqa ukuba andisweli msebenzi kodwa ndihlala ndizama ukubeka intliziyo yam kuwo.