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The 22nd movie in the cinematographic history of this director was shot in full confinement. For him, this process was a true emancipation of talents.
The movie “El baño” is about to hit theaters, what can Colombians expect from this film?
Colombians will be able to laugh a little with The Bath of everything that has happened to us in this blessed pandemic. It is a reflection, a satire and a way of taking with humor this complicated situation that we have had to live.
What is “The Bathroom” about?
It is the story of some friends who, ten years after finishing university, continue to maintain a close relationship and have to keep their secrets, but the only place they can find to keep their intimacies safe is the bathroom. In this place they shout, cry and even work, as we have had during teleworking. The bathroom is a place to laugh at what happened to us during this pandemic.
How was your experience directing these acting talents digitally in Colombia?
The remote directing experience was wonderful. It was a very rewarding experiment. We include in the film that it is a collective creation under my direction, because that’s how it was. In each house, in each home where the sequences were staged, a small production team was put together and from there many proposals emerged that I reviewed. When something didn’t convince me, I just changed it, but it was a lot of creativity. The actors ended up working with their children, with their parents, with their wives and even with their mothers-in-law. It was very rewarding.
Did you like directing via virtual and exploring new changes in your role in cinema?
I loved directing from a distance and virtually because things came up that, had I been on set, probably wouldn’t have happened. The bathroom is the creativity of 15 or 16 production teams working simultaneously to create a wonderful product. Of course, 15 thought centers accomplish much more than one. I think the technical ability is reflected in the quality of the humor present in the film. It was an emancipation of talents.
What were the most important lessons during this process?
The main lesson is that circumstances do not matter when you want to go ahead and make your dream come true. This movie was shot between April 15 and May 1, in full swing, and you couldn’t make such a movie, and we did it.
What does “The bathroom” leave to the life of Hárold Trumpetero?
It’s my 22nd movie, if I’m not bad, and I can say that I prepared my whole life to make this film. If I hadn’t had the training, I probably wouldn’t have been able to shoot this film. I even thought at one point: everything I have learned I have put into practice in The Bathroom. However, the most important thing was to have the support of a wonderful team with whom we took hand in hand from a distance to carry out a project.
What would you say to your fellow directors who have not yet been able to record under these conditions?
I would tell colleagues that, now more than ever, there are thousands of possibilities, that this is not the time to stop, and that we have many tools to spread our work. The world is not going to be the same after the pandemic and we must be ahead so that we do not get in the middle of the road. The audiovisual revolution will be total and we cannot stand still now.
