January 25, 2020…
Tonight the annual Goya Awards are being held right here in Malaga! That’s the Spanish version of the Academy Awards and it’s a big fucking deal since the Spanish are very serious film makers and film lovers.
Penelope y Antonio
I was just sitting in the bar of the AC Palacio hotel, one of my reading/ writing/ wine-drinking hangouts, when the lobby began to fill with hordes of people. These were definitely not tourists, certainly not Malagueños, because they had that dark, sleek look of Madrid. There was lots of kissing and th-th-th-th Spanish, but also the unmistakable, semi-frantic room-scanning which can mean only one thing: show business people. Everyone was looking to see if there’s anyone famous in the room. There was not.
Tonight’s Honorary Goya recipient is Pepa Flores, known as Marisol, a Malaga-born actress and singer who became a sensation in the 1960’s and 70’s, a Brigitte Bardot/ Patty Duke/ Hayley Mills kind of thing. She retired from films in the 1980’s and lives something of a quiet life here in Malaga. Apparently my invitation to the awards was lost in the mail.
Marisol
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