Fernando Arrabal presents his new play at the age of 91 | Video

Paris, France, Apr 16 (EFE) - "Between Picasso, Dalí, Breton and Warhol, I choose Mother Mercedes, she was much cooler," says Fernando Arrabal at his home in Paris, where he greets EFE posing on the stairs. He talks about the nun who was his teacher, Mercedes Unceta, during his childhood in Ciudad Rodrigo (Salamanca, Spain). Among countless chessboards, his own paintings, those of Miró and Botero (among many other friends) and African statues and masks, this playwright, poet, painter, filmmaker has just finished, at the age of 91, what he claims to be his "least bad" play. The play, which has already attracted the interest of the Paris Autumn Festival, is set in China. CAMERA: EDGAR SAPIÑA MANCHADO / YOAN VALAT. FOOTAGE AND SOUNDBITES OF SPANISH ARTIST FERNANDO ARRBAL DURING AN INTERVIEW WITH EFE: "And I wrote one called 'Picnic' and it is today the most represented play in the whole world because it has something related to humour, why it is far from being the best play in the world, but because it is the only one who talks about war"

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Date: 16/04/2024 08:54 (UTC)
Credit: EFE
Source: EFE
Topic: Arts, culture and entertainment
Type: Rough cut
Duration: 218 seconds
Reference: 7001354797
Relevance: Normal