After the award, "Los liantes" has been shown, a film starring the actor with Andrés Pajares
The actor Fernando Esteso has been received in applause by going up to the stage of the House of the Culture of Arroyo de la Honey to collect the "A Life of Cinema" award, awarded by the International Benalmádena Festival (FICCAB) in its twenty-third edition. The councilwoman of Culture, Jésica Trujillo, has highlighted the valuable
Esteso's contribution to Spanish cinema throughout his remarkable career during the award.
The gala was held this Thursday night in a conference room full of spectators, with the journalist and cultural manager Héctor Márquez as master of ceremonies. During the presentation, Márquez has reviewed Esteso's trajectory, covering his achievements in the cinema, as well as his less well-known facet as a singer, where he won famous hits with songs such as' Bellotero pop 'and' La Ramona '.
"Fernando Esteso was and remains one of the best and most complete Spanish artists of his generation. A comedian, an actor, whom to sing, to make a laugh and to stand in front of an audience came from a family. He was four or five years old when he first accompanied his parents, Julia and Lazaro, on the stage as a clown," said the gala host.
In this sense, Márquez has emphasized during his intervention that Esteso imitated, sang, danced, dressed as a woman and a palette and said things of laughing that you were caught with fire on your head like that "a moza that engendered with your hand the almirez, arta and juela."
"This and Pajares were our Jack Lemmon and Walther Mathau. The shame is they never had Billy Wilder behind them. They only worked together for a few years. But they managed to stay the most successful film duo among the Spanish public." said the journalist.
Protagonist with Andrés Pajares of the 70's as' Los Bingueros', 'I made Roque III' and other features only starring him, like 'Pepito Piscinas', 'The priest already has a son', or 'East of the West', Esteso has been grateful to the Benalmadense Contest for the recognition of his entire artistic career.
Among his initial words, the actor has recalled that his first recognition in Benalmádena was granted by the Tivoli amusement park. "Whoever did not pass through Tivoli, was no one in the Spanish show, was everyone there. It was an emblematic place and it is. We have to reopen it," said the comedian.
Once accommodated next to the gala presenter on a chaiselonge sofa, they have dialogued and reviewed the artist's career from the beginning as an impersonator and singer to their celebrated flare films. In this sense, Esteso has emphasized that "an entire generation discovered the female body through these films, without violence and with laughter."
As for the award, the interpreter has recognized that it is a prize that a people is giving and that he has always considered himself an actor of the people and for the people. "I like to be close to the public, it is a value of the profession of comics," the artist said.
After the gala was finished, the comedy "Los liantes," directed by Mariano Ozores and starred in the honorado with actor Andrés Pajares, was projected. The plot follows two rogue scammers who, together with their young apprentice, try to hit the big hit in a luxury urbanization. However, their plans are not long in being complicated due to a number of entanglement and misguided situations that will put them in more than one strain.
Fernando Esteso, a race over 50 years old
Fernando Esteso began his career in the show since he was young, highlighting in the theatre and television as a humorist in the 1970s. His film debut was in 1973 with the film 'Celos, love and common market', and he achieved great success in comedies directed by Mariano Ozores with Andrés Pajares, such as' Los Bingueros' and 'I made Roque III'.
In addition to his actoral career, he was successful as a singer with themes like 'La Ramona'. In recent years, he has been active in cinema and television, participating in projects such as Torrente and collaborating with Agustí Villaronga in Incertain Gloria and Loli Tormenta.
Closing Gala: Arantxa Echevarría and Alex de la Croix
FICCAB will also pay tribute in its closing gala to the director, writer and producer Arantxa Echevarría, who will receive the City of Benalmádena Award. The filmmaker, awarded the Goya Award for the best new direction for her film 'Carmen y Lola', has consolidated her career with outstanding works such as' The Perfect Family ',' Chinas', 'Politically Incorrect' and her latest premiere, 'La Infiltrada'.
Also during the closing, the actress, director and activist queer Álex de la Croix will receive the Interpretation Award for her remarkable participation in the film 'I am loving you madly' and in the series' The Coming One ', as well as her recent nomination to actress revelation at the Carmen 2024 Awards.
In the same gala, the best short films selected in this edition of the Festival, which has had 29 projects covering genres such as fiction, documentary and animation, will be awarded.
The tickets to the projections are free of charge until complete capacity. The invitations for the galas are withdrawn at the House of Culture the day before the gala, from 10: 00 and 17: 00. An invitation quota shall be reserved for each time section.
