Asier Etxeandía presents ‘La cena’: “It is one of the good films of Spanish cinema”

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The actor Asier Etxeandía has visited More than one to present ‘Dinner’a new film set in the years of Franco and directed by Manuel Gómez Pereira. The story revolves around a dinner that must be prepared against the clock at the Palace Hotel to receive Franco, with all the entanglements and tensions that this entails. The talk with Carlos Alsina began with a debate that was as fun as it was useless —in the words of Alsina himself— about the end of the time change announced by Pedro Sánchez.

In a humorous tone, Etxeandía explained that, although the success of the film, which at the moment has more than 60,000 tickets sold in cinemas, could mean paying more to the Treasury, “I am already paid, no matter how it turns out,” he joked. The actor assured that the film “It’s very close to how someone at that time would have to live with those feelings” and stressed that, although it is a comedy, it is not based on real events.

The cast includes Mario Casas, who plays the lieutenant in charge of organizing the dinner, and Alberto San Juan, who plays the maitre d’. Etxeandía andHe plays the head of the Falangea role that he himself defined with a laugh as “one of the most despicable I have ever played; it has everything.” Even so, he acknowledged that “the uniform fits me well.”

One of the most despicable that I have played

The actor summed up the spirit of the film as a choral comedy with many characters and a classic rhythm. “I really like the details, films with a chorus, when there are many of us on stage,” he commented. “‘The Dinner’ is one of those good films in Spanish cinema,” he added.

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And as usually happens in More than One, the interview led to a humorous moment: Alsemo el Lupi and Anselmo el Lupas, the already known ringleaders of the Jamón Museum robbery, revealed that The robbery at the Louvre was nothing more than a diversionary maneuver to be able to get hold of the real loot: 150 Iberian hams. His French collaborators, vocational training students, demonstrated excellent handling of the radio. While the world looked at Paris, they escaped in a tuk-tuk loaded with hams.