María Valverde & Dolores Fonzi Interview Fever Dream

María Valverde & Dolores Fonzi Interview: Fever Dream

Fever Dream stars María Valverde and Dolores Fonzi chat about inhabiting their complex characters in Netflix’s surreal new thriller film.

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María Valverde & Dolores Fonzi Interview Fever Dream

Fever Dream, based on the internationally acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin, drops October 13 on Netflix. The deeply surreal film is directed by Claudia Llosa, whose Milk of Sorrow garnered Peru’s first Academy Award nomination. It is told from the point of view of Amanda (María Valverde), who lies in a “fever dream” as she recounts a tragic tale of maternal anxiety and environmental danger.

While visiting a rural town in Argentina with her daughter, Amanda befriends the mysterious Carola (Dolores Fonzi) and her son, whose strange history sets the tone for the story that unspools. The two women are drawn to one another with ease, but the tension between them and their surroundings mounts as the narrative progresses. In the end, fear poisons them both in different ways, leading to Amanda recounting her murky recollections as she slowly fades away.

Fonzi & Valverde spoke to Screen Rant about how they approached their characters and the film’s perspective on motherhood, and which aspects of their dynamic they focused on. The interview below has been translated from Spanish and edited for clarity.

María Valverde & Dolores Fonzi Interview Fever Dream

Screen Rant: What was it about Fever Dream that spoke to you and made you want to portray Carola?

Dolores Fonzi: I read the novel, and I was fascinated by it. I’m a big fan of Samanta Schweblin’s, so as soon as the book was out, I bought it to read. I loved both main characters, Amanda and Carola – who was Carla in the book – and I was amazed by the story.

Later, Claudia called me up about the film and asked me about playing Carola. Of course, Carola is a very unique character and felt rather far from me in a sense, so Claudia put in the effort to add and draw out aspects of her that were present in me. We worked on bringing some of my personality to the character while also focusing on who Carola already is – especially her emotional intensity, and the more twisted aspects of her character that are part of the genre.

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I think the work we did was very meticulous, and everything from Claudia’s direction to María’s performance to our surroundings on set contributed to my process.

Amanda always thinks about the rescue distance when it comes to her daughter Nina. How do you interpret the relationship between her fear and her maternal instincts?

María Valverde: For me, it was very important to discover who Amanda is. She can be very cold and distant on the outside, but she’s sweet to her daughter and they have a close bond. It was important to understand her personality and to view motherhood through her eyes; those eyes filled with a mother’s fear that always tell her something bad is going to happen. She’s always vigilant about what might happen.

I had to think about – not even how I would be as a mother, but how I am as a human. It’s about the bonds that tie me to my loved ones, even if it’s my dog. It may not seem like it, but at the end of the day, it’s about anyone who is your responsibility or in your care. I transferred that feeling to Amanda, all the while guided by Claudia’s hand.

Carola obviously blames herself for what happened to David. What kind of relationship would you say they had beforehand, and how much did you discuss that backstory with the director?

Dolores Fonzi: Before the events of the greenhouse, they had a conventional mother-son relationship. Carola had a positive relationship with her son, and even with the concept of motherhood in general. After that episode, the dynamic is more complicated for Carola because she feels she lost her son in some sense.

She feels that loss – even if it’s not real, she feels the loss of that energy. She’s overwhelmed by that sensation, whether it’s real or not – because in the end, it’s all Amanda’s perspective. It can be interpreted as either the character or the audience’s wishes.

What’s important to me is that the film doesn’t talk about good or bad mothers. Carola is on one emotional journey in particular while Amanda is on another, and they find each other just when they need each other to survive. They’re opposites, but complementary; Amanda as a mother is more apprehensive and controlled, while Carola is more damaged and torn apart by a perceived loss.

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We definitely talked a lot about the before and after, but I think the “before” is more universal. Any parent would have acted as Carola did in her position of desperation. The “after” of the character becomes more specific, and that’s due to Samanta’s narrative and the script.

As soon as Amanda and Carola meet, they are drawn to each other by an almost supernatural force. How did you wish to play that dynamic?

María Valverde: Carola is, in Amanda’s eyes, light and energy; the bravery she needs to leave her old life behind and try new things. At the end of the day, they’re two characters who mutually need each other and who combine to make one whole person. The beauty of this combination is two characters who attract and repel each other – and what Amanda rejects in Carola is what she rejects in herself.

The moment that Amanda sees Carola for the first time, she feels a fascination with this woman full of freedom of expression. She feels the desire to be this other person she’s never felt she could be.

Finally, what projects are next for each of you?

Dolores Fonzi: I’m going to film a movie in November that a friend of mine is directing. It’s called Las Fiestas, and it’s about our mother’s last holiday. We are three siblings, our mom is sick, and it’s our last days with her celebrating Christmas.

After that, I hope to direct a film. I’ve never directed before, but I did a series with my friend Constanza Novick. It was called Soy Tu Fan, and we wrote and produced it together. My next goal is directing.

María Valverde: I’m working on two projects with people I love and admire. I wish I could say more, but I’ll just say that it’s a true pleasure to reunite with coworkers that I respect.

Link Source : https://screenrant.com/fever-dream-netflix-maria-valverde-dolores-fonzi-interview/

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