Canal Once presents on television the history of La Malinche

Un / A Malinche which breaks with the stratagems that surround it for years, locating it as a traitor, arrives at the small screen with a bet that Canal Once creates in first co-production with Bravo Films and recorded in Hidalgo, Veracruz, Edomex and Mexico.

In an interview with The reasonThe creator Patricia Arriaga and the lead actress who will bring life to the historical character, María Mercedes Coroy, an indigenous actress from Guatemala, agreed that the production represented a major challenge that required a lot of research and effort from the share of production.

"There are very few mentions in the chronicles on the Malinche and Cortes, he mentions it only five times and twice by name. Women at that time did not occupy any place, they were irrelevant and no one would waste time writing about them. There are also no women's writings and fewer indigenous women. So we did a research-based analysis of what it could have been 500 years ago, "he said. The reason Arriaga

For his part, Coroy said that since he knew the proposal, the character represented both a challenge and a considerable enrichment for his career.

"I'm thankful for the character I play and something very important that the audience will see are the circumstances under which the Malinche, was a great woman. Everyone thinks that it was a treachery but do not think that, at first, at that time, there was no Mexico, these were vast mansions, so who have betrayed that, that also tells us Malinche"

The creator and the actress pointed out that the Malinche She was a smart woman who knew how to survive her situation.

"We analyzed what could have been an aboriginal woman and accepted behavior 500 years ago.This was a clever woman, without a doubt.In the middle of this group of Spaniards, Cortez and her interests, she knew how to sneak, express her opinion and be able to communicate with Cortés ", added Patricia Arriaga.

For its part, the protagonist, who played in 2015 the band Ixcanul, considered that the experience enriched her and showed a strength that she did not know at the interim level, that she was developing with power.

"Malinche This has immense strength, for me it was a challenge because I had to learn other languages ​​like Mayan, it gave me strength, it enriched me. I realized that this woman who wanted to save herself, but also to save her people from the Mexicas, had to be very strong to achieve her goals. "

• The data: huipiles embroidered by hand are part of the costumes worn by the actresses of the series; several recordings were made at night and early in the morning.

Another element that enriches history is that it breaks with the stereotypes created about interpretations of Malinche and also shows common interests, which could have been shared with Hernán Cortés.

"Our Malinche She is wise, calm, very intelligent and clever. A born linguist, because she spoke three languages; Popoluca, Maya and Nahuatl, learned a play in Spanish … We manage to achieve the goal of Cortés and Malinche, was to reach Tenochtitlan. For Cortes, it was gold and for her, it was a promise that he made and that is documented, in which he says that if he became useful, he would give him his freedom, because he would receive it as slave, "concluded the creator.

The malinche

• Or: Canal Once
• Calendar: 9:30 p.m.
• Kind: historical fiction
• Year: 2018