Bolivian-Mexican filmmaker Natalia López Gallardo enjoyed tandem careers in editing and acting (“Nuestro Tiempo”), as she made her debut as auteur with the short film “En el cielo como en la tierra.” In her first feature-length project, “Robe of Gems,” she tackles the parallel individual struggles of three women against a backdrop of unrelenting cartel infiltration.
What lured you into directing after careers in editing and acting? Was it a natural progression?
Definitely, yes, it was there, but I think maybe it took time to accumulate the big necessity. I think it’s very important to have that need to do a film. It’s not a desire; it’s not an objective; you have to need it because that impulse that makes you start a film has to last maybe five years with the same power. The necessity has to be big.
“Robe of Gems” not only deals with...
What lured you into directing after careers in editing and acting? Was it a natural progression?
Definitely, yes, it was there, but I think maybe it took time to accumulate the big necessity. I think it’s very important to have that need to do a film. It’s not a desire; it’s not an objective; you have to need it because that impulse that makes you start a film has to last maybe five years with the same power. The necessity has to be big.
“Robe of Gems” not only deals with...
- 2/13/2022
- by Holly Jones
- Variety Film + TV
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