It is not strange to see Juliet celebrating her 72nd birthday today, if we are talking about her. The masterpiece of love, the one she now presents in the theater, is four centuries old, and it can be said that her love for her true Romeo, Victor Manuel, will last another four centuries. Your Romeo on stage Jose Luis GomezHe is already 82 years old. IN Romeo and Juliet wake up…, E.L. Petschinka, lovers of Verona reflect on aging, eternal love, loss of memory and the inevitability of death. Call.

Problems are not unusual for Maria del Pilar Cuesta, the daughter of the concierge at number 11 Calle del Oso in Madrid. Ever since he won a radio contest at the age of 10, he knew how to break through for decades in Spain, which danced to the beat set by men like Louis Luciadirector of his first film, zampo and me (1965). This He asked her not to smile and to cover her mouth.

Shut up, Ana Belen? No comments. This film was followed by 40 more films. None of those who saw her Turkish Passionwritten by Antonio Gala, can forget his character, tortured and a slave to obsession.

He knew how to be Fortunata, no more, no less than Adela in House of Bernard Alba, Ophelia V Hamletsor Antigone, Electra, Medea And Phaedra. These women had no secrets for her, and she shamelessly performed them, continuing to sing, always filling her recitals. Countless times with Victor Manuel, who “infected” him one summer day in 1971 during a chance meeting at the reception of the Hotel Atlantico in A Coruña.

The Asturian was supposed to be the opening act for Julio Iglesias. That attraction that professional musicians captivated the rising star, who complained that “he did not pay much attention to it.” painful it was their first film together. It doesn’t deserve an Oscar. Pay attention to dubbing.

For decades, they have managed to live together, according to her, thanks to the ability to “adapt” to each other. “Getting to know each other” slowly, at every step and with a certain sense of “conventionality”. Yeah This is the most stable unstable relationship I know. Respect for the individuality of each was one of the most important components of this family’s formula for success. Their wedding in Gibraltar (disabled in Spain) was nothing more than a formality, with a messy moment that Ana doesn’t recall with particular romanticism. So much so that there was no photographer and the press had to use (attention) stills from the film painful in which (warning, spoilers) they are getting married.

They had been married for seven years when she was on the radio all the time with this Agapim“my love” in Greek.

This theme, which seems to belong to him, is actually an adaptation of a theme that became popular in Italy in 1974, performed by Mia Martini. During the confinement, Oyete Kalor’s version made us laugh (though not too much).

And the fact is that Anya was miraculously given versions. As with his characters, he knew how to get into the true nature of the songs until he made them his own. What else can we say how he made it even bigger Alcala gate?

Some boys from Vallecas named Suburbano were the true authors of the piece that we all sang as we crossed this emblematic place in the capital. They allowed Anya and Victor to interpret it on vinyl for the first time. And so it remained for history.

The clarity and tone with which Ana Belén is able to express her thoughts make an interview with her always a balm amid so much tension. She, who has advocated for freedom of speech so much, said more than once that “networks entangle us,” and in the end you have to hush up what you think. He is not without reason.

Happiness to that Juliet, with whom we all, to a greater or lesser extent, once fell in love. Let’s celebrate with I only ask Godwho sang along with someone who left us on a day like next Tuesday, 28 years ago. Antonio Flores.

I only ask God… keep it for many more years.