In the framework of the Lux Prize 2019, Rodrigo SOROGOYEN, film Director, speaks about his movie "The Realm", in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Strasbourg

interview

LUX Cinema Prize 2019 (T)

Interview of Gerarado HERRERO, Producer & Executive producer of "The Realm"

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Gerardo HERRERO, Producer and Executive Producer of &quot;The Realm&quot;, What surprised us most in the investigation was to discover how there was a moment when they no longer realized what they were doing, because it seemed natural to everyone and they didn't do it in a way. In the film, the point of view of the script, the staging of the film is a bit of trying to understand why man does things and how he ends up paying for everything around him.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Gerardo HERRERO, Producer and Executive Producer of "The Realm", So, that's what the story tells, what is underlying the story, but trying to understand the human side of the main character and his surrounding world. Because what he does not only affects his party, it affects his bosses, his party, the employees of his party, but also affects his family. It affects other families, his wife, it affects his daughter the corrupton, causes a lot of damage to many people around it.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Gerardo HERRERO, Producer and Executive Producer of "The Realm", I have always personally thought that it is very bad that politicians are underpaid because they have a lot of power. If they were, That is why, when they complain about what they make, it seems to me that this is not the problem, because basically only a corruption like the one we have seen in many cases that appear in the press and in the newspapers, is paying the consequences. Many politicians have said that if you think about the money that has been lost to society, it would have been better if they were better paid so that they would not be tempted to corrupt themselves.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Gerardo HERRERO, Producer and Executive Producer of "The Realm", Corruption is present in society. Before it was much worse. It was completely hidden. Now the media and the possibilities that tax authorities have in each of the country to uncover where the money is and how it moves has enabled more light to be shed on it.It is something that comes with human nature and it is at least as old as ancient Rome.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Gerardo HERRERO, Producer and Executive Producer of "The Realm", It is A musician that Rodrigo Sorogoyen chose. He is the musician who works with him regularly. He is a Frenchman who lives in Madrid and he has made a wonderful soundtrack which introduces you to the character, a very powerful electronic music that pushes the images, that helps them, that is there, that is present underneath, doing the work of a music. It is very well chosen and creates that adrenaline rhythm that you said is in many sequences of the film, it is a film that has a lot of rhythm. And on the other hand, there is a lot of tension, both dramatic and emotional.

SOUNDBITE (Spanish), Gerardo HERRERO, Producer and Executive Producer of "The Realm", It is very good that at least the three nominated films have that opportunity to be seen in many countries. That is already a prize because the films have won the same right and will allow a Danish film, a Macedonian film and a Spanish film to be seen in many more countries than they were initially expected to be.