Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Elvira Mínguez ma Valladolid. ʻO ka mea hana keaka a me ka mea kākau, i ka makahiki 1994 ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna ʻoihana ʻoihana ma ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni me Imanol Uribe ma ke kiʻi ʻoniʻoni 'Días Contados' i loaʻa ai iā ia kāna koho mua Goya. He makana i lanakila 'o ia ma 2005 no 'Tapas' na José Corbacho a me Juan Cruz. Ma waena o nā alakaʻi ʻē aʻe (Malkovich, Steven Soderbergh) a me nā makana, ʻo Elvira, he wahine multifaceted, me kahi ʻoihana i piha i nā kūleʻa ma nā pāpaho like ʻole, televise, radio, ua lawe i kahi lele a hoʻomaka i ka mea kākau me kāna puke mua 'The Shadow of the aina' (Edit. Espasa).
—Ua inu ʻo Elvira i nā Venuses no kāna ʻīlio Chesterton. Mai ke kiʻi he nani loa ʻo ia...
—Ua like ia me ka teddy bear. Ua hōʻea ʻia i ʻelua makahiki aku nei a ua like ia me ka pō ʻEkolu Mōʻī. Ke kakali nei mākou i kou hōʻea ʻana mai me ka hauʻoli nui. He 13 makahiki kaʻu keiki a manaʻo mau ʻo ia he mea maikaʻi iā ia. ʻAʻole hāʻawi wale ka puaʻa iā lākou i ke kuleana a me ke aloha pau ʻole, aʻo ia iā lākou he ephemeral ke ola. I loko o kahi manawa pōkole, ʻike ʻoe i ka ulu ʻana, ke ʻano o ke kanaka makua, ka ʻelemakule, ka ʻelemakule ... A ʻo ka hiki ke ʻike i ke kaʻina o ke ola ma kēia ʻano kūlohelohe he haʻawina ola nui.
—Ma waho aʻe o ka ʻohana kanaka, noho ʻo Chesterton me kahi pipi. Ke mālama nei lākou i ko lākou ʻano?
-ʻAe. He ʻumikūmākolu makahiki ʻo ia e like me kaʻu keiki kāne, ʻo Kanti kona inoa a ua ulu ʻo ia me kā mākou ʻīlio ma mua a me kāna pilina maikaʻi. I ka hōʻea ʻana aku o Chester, ua hana ʻo ia i nā lako no lāua e ʻike ai kekahi i kekahi. He mea kūikawā ko lāua pilina no ka mea ʻaʻole makemake ʻo ia e pāʻani a hoʻonāukiuki ʻo ia iā ia.
— ʻO wai ke koho i nā helu?
—Mahope o Kanti ke akeakamai Kant. Ua kau ʻia e kaʻu kāne, ʻo ia ka mea e aʻo ana i ka philosophy a me Chesterton, ma ke koho ʻohana.
—Chesterton, kāu mau leʻaleʻa?
—He mālie loa nā ʻīlio a hahai ʻo Chester i ka lula. He ʻano maikaʻi kou. He ʻīlio aloha ʻo ia a no ka mea makemake nui ʻo ia i ka pili kino, ʻae ʻo ia iā ia iho e puliki a puliki. A hoʻohuhū ke kahakai iā ia.
—Hele ʻo Chester mai kā mākou kamaʻilio ʻana a kamaʻilio ʻo Elvira iaʻu e pili ana i kāna hana. Hiki iā lākou ke ola i nā manawa momona?
—Aia wau i kahi manawa nui. Ua hoʻolaha ākea ʻia ka lua o ka 'Nalo' (Telecinco). E hoʻomaka wau i ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni me Daniel de la Torre i ka moʻo, 'Marbella', a ua komo wau i ka hoʻolaha ʻana i kaʻu puke mua 'The Shadow of the Earth' (Edit Espasa).
—Pehea ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kāu kākau moʻolelo?
—Ua paʻi ʻia i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o Pepeluali a he honua ʻokoʻa ia noʻu. Aloha au i ka honua o nā puke. He ʻakaʻaka wau a ʻōlelo wau ʻo kaʻu kāne ka unuhi a ʻo kaʻu mea aloha he palapala.
—ʻO ke aka o ka honua he poʻo inoa me nā manaʻo he nui. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohuli i kā mākou poʻe heluhelu e heluhelu i kāu moʻolelo?
—He moʻolelo ia e pili ana i nā wahine, a ua kākau ʻo ia i nā kiʻi aʻu i makemake ai e pāʻani. ʻO ia ka hakakā ʻana o nā wahine ʻelua, he komohana ia ma Zamora i ka makahiki 1896. ʻAʻohe pana, akā ʻo ka hakakā mana ma waena o lāua. He mana lākou, manaʻoʻiʻo, manaʻo nui a kū i ka mea ʻole. ʻO kēia nā hiʻohiʻona i hāʻawi pinepine ʻia i nā kiʻi kāne. He moʻolelo e pili ana no ka mea ʻaʻole mākou maʻa i ka ʻike ʻana i kēia mau hana i nā kiʻi wahine. Ua makemake au e hoohuli.
—He moʻolelo ia me ka nui o ka hoʻopiʻi kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Ua noʻonoʻo paha ʻoe i ka waiho ʻana i ka lima o ke alakaʻi?
—He mau kakā kāne kāna, akā ʻaʻohe oʻu hoʻopaʻa a i ʻole apo. A ina e ala mai, na'u no e kuhikuhi. He moʻolelo ʻike maka. He iwakāluakūmālima makahiki wau i kēia ao a hana koʻu poʻo me nā kiʻi.
—Ua ʻike mākou iā ia ma nā moʻolelo like ʻole. He makemake kou i kekahi?
—Me ke kanalua ole, comedy. He paʻakikī ma laila e pono ai kahi ʻōnaehana musculoskeletal kūikawā. ʻAʻole i loaʻa iaʻu nā manawa he nui e hana ai a manaʻo wau he pilikia kino ia. ʻakaʻaka. I koʻu hana ʻana i ka 'Days counted', hoʻomanaʻo wau ua haʻi mai ʻo Carmelo Gómez iaʻu: "He mea pupule kēia." Akā makemake wau e hana i kahi mele.
—He papahana hou?
—ʻAe, makemake au e kono i ka poʻe heluhelu a pau e heluhelu i ka puke moʻolelo a e ʻimi mai iaʻu ma nā pūnaewele a kamaʻilio pū me aʻu. Nui koʻu aʻo mahalo i ka ʻike a me ka wehewehe ʻana o nā kānaka.
