The director of the documentary “Rereading Mafalda” told her discoveries and feelings about Quino and his masterpiece.
Mafalda this beyond a classic or an icon of Argentine culture. The creation of Quino It transcended any category and belongs not only to Argentines, but to the world. In four 30-minute episodes, Lorena Muñoz believe Rereading Mafaldaa documentary film synthetic and yet beautifully broad and rich. “We seek to rebuild Mafalda and understand how the magic was generated,” explained the director.
In an exclusive interview with Ambitthe filmmaker explained that her team looked for “look at Mafalda from another point of viewalmost from behind the scenes.” “The archive material that we obtained and that I did not know was very valuable,” Muñoz revealed and exemplified with “the genesis of the advertising project.”
The director also referred to the impact that Quino’s work can have today and assured that “it is a reading that works very well for children, but very well for older people as well.” “It’s an interesting message, strips that talk about loving each other beyond the difference, “They talk about a freedom and a democracy that cost us a lot to achieve and that we are having a hard time maintaining.”he opined.
What it is and where to see Rereading Mafalda
Rereading Mafalda, it is on Disney+ and Star+ with four episodes available. Directed by Lorena Muñozthe new production takes a biographical tour of the iconic and advanced character created by Joaquín Salvador Lavado Tejón “Cinchona”, from its birth by advertising commission to its validity in new generations almost 60 years after its first appearance.
In addition, revisit his most memorable strips through testimonies from renowned cartoonists such as Maitena, Liniers, Montt, Tute, Rep, Kemchs and Raquel Riba Rossi. With archival material; renowned artists and personalities of Latin American culture who confess themselves fans of Mafalda – such as Darío Barassi, Agustín “Soy Rada” Aristarán, Mariana Fabbiani, Consuelo Duval, Paty Cantú, Santiago Segura, Gabriela Sabatini, Manuel Ginóbili, among others-; Interviews with historians, editors, friends and family of Quino, the series proposes a fresh look at an author ahead of his time and his comic strip that was part of everyone’s life and became a classic.
The four 30-minute episodes that make up the series They trace the steps of Mafalda, from Buenos Aires, passing through Milan, Paris, Madrid and Mexico City. In the process, the first editions of the comic are revealed, as well as its translations into dozens of languages, its color versions and its animations. The series also goes in search of stories of editors and people close to Quino that give an account of how the strip expanded and how its creator established himself as an artist, while leaders from the academic world contribute their vision about how and why Mafalda is a phenomenon that challenges readers from all over the world.
Source: Ambito
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