Laura (Adriana Torrebejano) is a progressive feminist convinced that everything that comes from the left is good. Pablo (Juanlu González) is right-wing, always dressed in his façade, he has no doubt that only conservative policies can save the country. Laura and Pablo coincide at the start of one of the most tense campaigns ever seen and, despite being so different, they can’t help but like each other.
But politics comes first. Laura and Pablo have prominent positions on the lists of their respective parties and there is no time for love. Arantxa Echevarría directs Politically Incorrect, a romantic comedy, to “have a few laughs at the expense of politicians”, in which Gonzalo de Castro plays the clumsy head of the left-wing party and Elena Irureta becomes the leader of the right-wing party. A leader dedicated to Esperanza Aguirre.
“I spoke with Elena back in the day and I told her that I imagined her character as Celia Villalobos or Esperanza Aguirre, a woman with a lot of power. She went to makeup and wardrobe and came out transformed into Aguirre. With the same lipless smile. It was incredible,” says Echevarría in an interview with La Vanguardia.
The director is convinced that the former Madrid president “will not be upset, because she has a great sense of humor and also the character is very tender and speaks of consensus.” Echevarría believes that the rest of the political spectrum will not be angry with this comedy, which hits Spanish screens today, because “we have distributed jokes exactly equally to the left and the right.”
And Politically Incorrect emphasizes “the low political level we have in this country, where when you turn on the news you see the one on the right say something completely contrary to what he had said two weeks ago and the one on the left defend something.” that he had sworn it was impossible or vice versa. Politicians believe that we have no memory. “They are so fun.”
“During filming we laughed so much that sometimes we ruined the shots,” adds Echevarría, who hopes that “the public also enjoys the film because it is fun and also opens the door to the hope that one day there will be a consensus.”
