El gran año del cine español en los Goya y el fantástico documental sobre Orwell para frenar al fascismo

February 28, 2026·34 min·2 clips

Raoul Peck's anti-fascist documentary 'Orwell 2+2=5' argues that Orwell's mechanisms of totalitarianism — war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength — describe leaders including Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, and Milei right now.

1. El Cine en la SER, hosted by Pepa Blanes with contributor José Manuel Romero, previews the 40th Goya Awards ceremony in Barcelona, framing it as the culmination of an excellent year for Spanish cinema. 2. Hosts and contributors include Pepa Blanes, José Manuel Romero, Dani Garrán, Helio Castro, and reporter Lucía Bermúdez. 3. The gala is presented by Luis Tosar and Rigoberta Bandini; live coverage starts at 7pm (6pm Canary Islands) on cadenaser.com, YouTube, and social networks, with a special analysis edition of Cine Láser at 1:30am. 4. The five Best Film nominees are: 'Los Domingos' (Alauda Ruiz de Azúa, 13 nominations including five acting nominations, family drama generating debate), 'Sirat' (Oliver Laxe, desert journey with electronic music exploring intergenerational wounds), 'Más Palomas' (Aitor Arregui and José Mari Goenaga, elderly gay man returning to the closet upon entering a care home, also exploring sex in old age), 'Sorda' (Eva Libertad's debut, deaf woman and hearing partner facing first child, shown in Berlin and won in Málaga), and 'La Cena' (Manuel Gómez Pereira, anti-fascist comedy, Alberto San Juan nominated, recreates a dinner of Franco's generals). 5. Among the acting nominees are veterans Nora Navas, Patricia López Arnaiz, Mario Casas, and Manolo Solo, alongside first-time nominee Susana Baitua. 6. A roundtable of actors including Susana Baitua, siblings Álvaro and Ángela Cervantes, and Tamar Novas discuss their careers and the pressure of red carpet appearances. 7. The honorary Goya goes to Gonzalo Suárez, who turned 91 in July 2025 and published his latest book 'La suela de mis zapatos', a collection of journalistic writings from the 1950s-60s signed under the pseudonym Martín Girard. 8. Gonzalo Suárez's career spanned journalism, painting, boxing, and football scouting — his stepfather was Inter Milan coach Elenio Herrera, who commissioned him to write match reports on rival teams, launching his cinema career. 9. His 1968 debut 'Ditirambo' was experimental and avant-garde, starring his favourite actress Charo López; subsequent films 'El extraño caso del doctor Fausto' and 'Aom' also followed experimental styles before more commercial films 'Al diablo con amor' and 'Morbo' starring Ana Belén and Víctor Manuel. 10. His 1988 film 'Remando al viento' won him the Goya for Best Director; his last film to date was 'Oviedo Express' in 2008, with Carmelo Gómez. 11. Eva Victor's debut feature 'Sorry Baby' won the Sundance Film Festival and prompted Julia Roberts to stop the Golden Globes ceremony to publicly praise it. 12. 'Sorry Baby' is structured in non-linear chapters interweaving before, during, and after a sexual assault by a teacher; Eva Victor, who plays the protagonist, deliberately chose not to depict the assault itself, focusing instead on the years of rebuilding identity while others move on. 13. The film co-stars Naomi Aki as the protagonist's best friend whose pregnancy introduces the themes of motherhood, hope, and the future into the healing process. 14. Eva Victor describes the tragicomic tone as the film she needed to see as a viewer: honest, with humour and intimacy, without reducing the protagonist to her trauma. 15. Raoul Peck's documentary 'Orwell 2+2=5', presented at Cannes, takes its title from the '1984' axiom in which the Party demands acceptance that 2+2=5, applying Orwell's three slogans (war is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength) to contemporary political leaders named as Trump, Netanyahu, Ayuso, Putin, and Milei. 16. The film, narrated by actor Damien Lewis and written by Peck himself, documents ethnic cleansing in Burma, Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the 2021 Capitol assault, and the genocide in Gaza as examples of Orwellian neolanguage in operation today. 17. Peck's Haitian background and experience of colonial rule are cited as central to his political lens; he also connects the film to Ken Loach's 'Land and Freedom' and the Spanish Civil War, and to Orwell's own service with the international brigades. 18. Norwegian series 'A Better Man' ('Un Hombre Mejor') follows a misogynist internet troll who must disguise himself as a woman after his identity is exposed, directed by Thomas Sieberthor Husen — a satire of toxic masculinity and cancellation culture. 19. TV returning series covered include season 2 of Dan Fogelman's 'Paradise' (Disney+, post-apocalyptic artificial city, James Marsden and Juliana Nicholson) and season 2 of 'Monarch: Legacy of Monsters' (Apple TV+, Monsterverse with Godzilla and King Kong, Kurt Russell). 20. Listeners who follow Spanish cinema awards season, political documentary, or international arthouse releases will find this episode most useful; those seeking entertainment-only coverage without political commentary will find the Orwell and 'La Cena' segments confrontational.

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