Diego de la Texera: Behind the Camera of Utopia

UNIQUE LIVES
The journey of a storyteller

Diego de la Texera is not just a filmmaker; he is an heir to the oral tradition who transforms life experiences into images. In this edition of 'Unique Lives', we explore how the director of 'Meteoro' built a career marked by risk and an incessant search for creative freedom.

The article recalls the times when Diego filmed the horrors of war in El Salvador, secretly sending material to Costa Rica until it culminated in the award-winning documentary 'El Salvador: El pueblo vencerá'. This experience in 'guerrilla cinema' shaped his resilience to face the challenges of filming the utopia of 'Meteoro' in the Brazilian interior.

The text highlights the influence of figures such as García Márquez on his training and his role as co-founder of the International Film School of San Antonio de los Baños in Cuba. Diego states that his cinema is a way of sharing with his people the utopian experiences and magic he has found around the world.

With the inseparable partnership of Maria Dulce Saldanha and the presence of actors like Daniel Lugo and Daisy Granados, 'Meteoro' is presented as the peak of an 'eternal wandering through the world', a magical village whose aesthetics and soundtrack promise to captivate the most demanding cinephiles.