The Mexican performer Cecilia Suárez, protagonist of the theatrical adaptation ‘The Invincible Summer of Liliana’, a piece that addresses feminicide, considers that this “is not a problem for women, it is a problem for men, they have the problem,” she told EFE.
The actress assures that women in Mexico have been robbed from the streets.
In ‘The Invincible Summer of Liliana’, Cecilia Suárez addresses such transcendent issues as feminicide, memory, justice, the recovery of dignity and gender violence, in a piece that calls for reflection on what patriarchy is like.
In a monologue directed by Juan Carlos Fisher, he gives voice to more than ten people to tell the case of Liliana Rivera Garza.
The protagonist would be another woman of those anonymous victims murdered in Mexico by men if it were not for her sister, the writer Cristina Rivera Garza, who told the story in ‘The Invincible Summer of Liliana’ (2021), a work that earned her the Pulitzer Prize in 2024.
The theatrical adaptation of the book tells the life of Liliana, a young woman who was murdered by her ex-boyfriend in 1990. The murderer fled and justice has not yet been done.
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The word feminicide was not classified in Mexico until 2012
“It has been the hardest and most intense work of my entire career,” explained the actress, who assures that this piece addresses a great story, “and that has been a great incentive for me.”
The word feminicide was not classified in Mexico until 2012, “we are talking about eleven deaths a day,” highlights Cecilia Suárez, who considers that it is very important to evoke Liliana because she presents a specific case.
“They are not figures, they are not marches in the street, they are the life of a family, the life of a young woman with dreams whose life was taken away,” said the actress, who made a point of pointing out that these murders occur because the system allows it.
“It is a system designed to perfection to blame the victims, their families and shame them,” the actress added.
“It is necessary for men to talk about this topic without shame, without immediately feeling guilty. And if they feel guilty, they should ask themselves why,” said the protagonist of the series ‘The Gardener’ and ‘The House of Flowers’.
Cristina Rivera Garza restored the memory of her sister, a memory that, adapted as a monologue by the playwright Amaranta Osorio, arrives on November 25 in Madrid, within the program of the Spanish capital’s Autumn Festival.
“Whether we like it or not, theater brings people to life and we are seeing Liliana alive,” said the actress, who has been living in Madrid for six years, where she also has two audiovisual projects underway.
With information from EFE
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