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Rosario Tijeras: beautiful, vigorous, and seductive

Por Clara Sánchez / Fotos: Paulo Vidales / Imagen Latente (12 de octubre del 2005)

Martínez told audiences her character was more subtle in the film that on Jorge Franco’s book: “There’s a part in the novel that really impressed me: when Rosario goes to bed with Antonio for the first time she tells him: ‘yours is bigger that Emilio’s’ -Antonio’s friend- to which he replies: ‘your scissors are great!’”

In a press conference attended by the actress, director Emilio Maillé, producers Mathías Ehrenberg and Gustavo Angel, and actors Manolo Cardona and Rodrigo Oviedo, Martinez was asked how she prepared for her role: “I met various hired killers, some of them in jail. I realized they where girls that have been ostracized from society because of their background. Most of them are victims of family abuse, and they need to survive in world ruled by quick sex and easy money.”

Manolo Cardona said that the situations portrayed in the film have change radically since the 80’s, thanks to the work of Medellin’s local government, which has regenerated the city: “They’ve done an extraordinary job: they go from house to house, commune to commune, searching for the hired assassins. They ask them to hand in their weapons and, in exchange, offer to reintegrate them into society.”

Mexican actor Rodrigo Oviedo moved to Colombia two moths before the shooting of the film began, in an effort to “Columbianize” himself. Oviedo commented on the fact that the reality portrayed in Rosario Tijeras’ is not very far from what happens here in Mexico. “A lot of people are shocked at the violence in the movie, but Mexico is the same: drug lords have abandoned their throne and everybody wants to occupy them. I was in Sinaloa when Ociel was caught. There was a three hour shooting spree near the hotel, Ociel was taken to the airport, where the drug dealers opened fire on the police. Because of these incidents, the border has been militarized,” he said.