It was not a comfortable night, although of all the authorities present the calmest was Queen Letizia when, at the closing of the Altántida Film Fest, this summer in Mallorca, the film Creatura was screened, which contains explicit sex scenes. On Sunday, August 31, 2023, the Queen attended the closing of the festival, which closed with the screening of the film, which has won the Gaudí awards and is in the running for the Goya, with its risky proposal on taboos in sex through female desire from childhood to maturity.
Unmoved, Letizia attended the screening of the film that was endorsed by its triumph at the Cannes festival and then chatted animatedly with its protagonist and director, the filmmaker Elena Martín, whom she congratulated for her daring in filming Creatura. In the course of the conversation, Elena Martín even recommended to the Queen that her daughters, Princess Leonor and Infanta Sofía, watch the film that is about how Mila, the protagonist, reviews her childhood and adolescence to rediscover her sexual desire. she.
The film was screened in the courtyard of the Casa de Misericordia with the Queen in the front row accompanied by the then Minister of Culture and the new Balearic authorities such as President Margarita Prohens, the President of the Council of Mallorca, LLorenç Galmes and the Minister of Tourism. , Culture and Sports, Jaume Bauzá, all appointed after the victory of the PP in the regional elections. With them, Jaume Ripoll, president of the film festival and good friend of Queen Letizia.
The screening of Creatura, of whose plot and content Queen Letizia had prior notice, caused discomfort among the authorities present who, privately, did not hesitate to criticize that this film with such high and explicit sexual content had been chosen for an evening at the that a heterogeneous audience had gathered. The truth is that many of the guests at the closing event left the venue before the screening concluded.
This Tuesday, the Queen attended the central event of Safer Internet Day in Madrid, an international event organized by the Insafe/INHOPE networks of Internet Safety Centers in Europe, with the support of the European Commission. This initiative is carried out every February to promote the safe and positive use of technology, especially among children and young people. Millions of people around the world are coming together to inspire positive change online, raise awareness about security issues and participate in events and activities.
