Paco León is ashamed of one of the stories in “Kiki, love is made”: “It is unforgivable to have romanticized a systematic rape”

“Although we try to motivate the characters it is unforgivable to have romanticized a systematic rape. I am very sorry that at that moment I did not have the sensitivity to deal with the subject and have frivolized with it,” wrote Paco Leon on his Instagram profile, in relation to one of the stories told in the movie “Kiki, love is made”, which he wrote, directed and starred in five years ago.

In the tape, the stories of various couples and their sexual phobias and phobias were told. One of them was formed by José Luis and Paloma, to whom Luis Bermejo and Mari Paz Sayago gave life.

The character accidentally discovers that he enjoys having relationships with his wife while she is sedated, something that from then on he does not hesitate to do frequently.

Although the film already generated controversy in 2016, Paco León, who will soon premiere ‘Mom or Dad’, has chosen to assume his guilt and launch a harsh apology that, to his credit, no one had asked.

“There is one of the stories where a man drugs his wife to have sex with her, of course without her consent. It is not easy to admit that you screwed up in the past now that it is not relevant. But I think it is relevant. That we all have a responsibility with what we do and the values ​​that we transmit. And that with the best of intentions you realize that you are also collaborating in the culture of rape. I am ashamed of it and I thank the people who have made me see it. I promise to keep working and learning”, explains Paco Leon.

“KIKI” is a film that I directed in 2016. A remake of an Australian film with different stories where it tries to normalize different sexual affiliations and treat the diversity of erotic practices.

I think it is very funny and interesting and overall I am very proud of it. But there is one of the stories where a man drugs his wife to have sex with her, of course without her consent. Although we try to motivate the characters, it is unforgivable to have romanticized a systematic rape.

I am sorry I did not have the sensitivity at that time to deal with the subject and have frivolized with it. It is not easy to admit that you screwed up in the past now that it is not relevant. But I think it is relevant.

That we all have a responsibility with what we do and the values ​​that we transmit. And that with the best of intentions you realize that you are also collaborating in the culture of rape. I am ashamed of it and I thank the people who have made me see it. I promise to keep working and learning ”, he writes next to a poster for the film.

Critical reactions to the film have not been long in coming. Thus, Isinax describes the scene of the surgeon and his wife as “sexist rape”.

Although Paco León’s response has caused this user to thank the filmmaker for his “regret”.