Eva Longoria. “A white man can make a $200 million movie, cheat and make another one. I only have one chance”

If the cinema opens its doors wider to female directors, there is still a long way to go. Eva Longoria knows this all too well. The one who goes behind the camera for the first time Flamin’ Hot, The true story of Richard Montanes, who turned the food industry upside down by creating the Flamin’ Hot Cheetos chips that became a global pop culture phenomenon over time.

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As a Latin American director, the translator of Gabriel Solis Desperate Housewives admitted that he “felt the weight [sa communauté [hispanique]” and “all female directors” when the production Flamin’ Hot has been launched. Since the Cannes Film Festival this Tuesday, May 23, he’s noted that Hollywood doesn’t treat directors and directors the same. Understand that principals have more room for error. “A white man can make a $200 million movie, screw it up, and make another one. This is the problem. Me, I have a shot, an opportunity, working twice as hard, twice as fast, for half the money,” she denounced at her Kering Women in Motion conference.

For better representation of Latinos in film

The challenge is greater when one comes from minorities or communities like Eva Longoria. “My film was by no means low budget. It wasn’t $100 million, but it wasn’t $2 million either. When was the last studio film directed by a Latino? It seems like 20 years ago. We can’t have a movie every 20 years,” he condemned, who has worked for a long time for a better representation of the Latin American community in cinema, as reported. variety . “We’re still underrepresented in front of and behind the camera, we’re still not reaching out to women in the Latino community. We were 7% in television and cinema, now we are only 5%. When we focus on the statistics of films financed there, we realize that the idea of ​​Hollywood being progressive is a myth. There is still a lot of work to be done.”

Nevertheless, despite the persistent inhibitions, film after film, female directors are digging their groove and are imposing themselves more and more in cinema. They move pointers, enrich stories, refuse assignments… And today at the 76th Cannes Film Festival, seven women claim the Palme d’Or, that is, one third of the competing workforce. . Proof that things are changing… a little.

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