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Ricky Martin at Venice: “It is a very important page in my history”

From Clarín · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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Interview Named sources Context piece
  • Ricky Martin is appearing at the Venice Film Festival for the first time with Hombre al agua, the third film directed by Gael García Bernal.
  • Martin, who also serves as a producer, said taking part in the film marked an important moment in his personal and professional history.
  • The film follows a Cuban lifeguard who rescues a wealthy Mexican businessman and then enters a world shaped by manipulation and social pretence.

For Ricky Martin, arriving at the Venice Film Festival with a film starring alongside Gael García Bernal marks “a very important page in my history.” The Puerto Rican singer and actor is appearing in Hombre al agua, García Bernal’s third film as director, screened out of competition on Sunday.

“Being in Venice is not just anything. Maybe García Bernal is used to it, but I am not. This is wonderful,” Martin told AFP in an interview alongside the Mexican actor and filmmaker. Although he has been in front of cameras since he was 12, he said that at 54, being part of a film cast at the Venice festival for the first time was especially important.

It is a very important page in my history, in my work.

· Ricky MartinHe described appearing in Hombre al agua at the Venice Film Festival as a major personal and professional milestone.

“For me, for my children and for a legacy, because I will always be grateful to this man who brought me into this tsunami,” he said of García Bernal. Martin has worked across series and films, including the US series Palm Royale, but had not appeared in a Spanish-language production for some time.

Being in Venice is not just anything. Maybe García Bernal is used to it, but I am not. This is wonderful.

· Ricky MartinHe spoke about the significance of attending the festival for the first time.

Hombre al agua tells the story of Camilo, a Cuban lifeguard who saves a wealthy Mexican businessman from drowning. To thank him, the businessman offers him a good job at his factory in Yucatán. Camilo later marries the man’s daughter and gradually realizes that everything is not as it seems.

Martin also produced the film and has a small acting role, playing an actor in a movie being made by Camilo’s wife. “My part was very short, but it still moves me. I have seen the film once and it still moves me,” he said. He described the film as intelligent, with a beautiful eye, and said he had to be part of it.

For me, for my children and for a legacy, because I will always be grateful to this man who brought me into this tsunami.

· Ricky MartinHe expressed his gratitude to Gael García Bernal for bringing him into the project.

He accepted García Bernal’s invitation without hesitation. “When he calls you, you are there. You do not think twice, you are there,” Martin said. The film, presented in the parallel Spotlight section, is described as a fable about manipulation and the falseness of powerful social classes. Martin said the production had no fixed roles and that the important thing was for the film to reach audiences around the world.

When he calls you, you are there. You do not think twice, you are there.

· Ricky MartinHe explained why he immediately accepted García Bernal’s invitation to collaborate.
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Originally published by Clarín in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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