It went on like this: Do you remember the great soapopera actor Arnaldo André? The one from the beginning of this book, my dad’sfavourite actor? -Remember how seeing his romantic gesture on the show, my dad thendecided to visit Paraguay?- We

Episode 15

Apr 21st, 2023 4m 21s

Here I need to do a small parenthesis to link it withanother story I’ll tell you about in a few pages: By the beginning of 2011, a fewdays before my first day of Uni, I went to an audition for a TV Commercial. Ihad to say a few words about m

Episode 14

Jan 7th, 2022 9m 46s

Well, back to my story: I did plays and shortfilms at school that year, as well we created with my class-mates and colleagues some amateur shortfilms. We did this to learn, to grow and gain experience. To seek out for our own opportunities, to

Episode 13

Nov 5th, 2021 7m 30s

By the beginning of 2010 whilst I was doing my last High School year, I started studying acting for films with her. As I hadn’t graduated yet, I had to do a pre-University year. It’s like in other careers, when you take classes to get ready to

Episode 12

Oct 18th, 2021 5m 7s

By the end of 2008, watching Gastón Gaudio play the final round at the Roland Garros, we all -my brothers and I- decided we wanted to play tennis, so we started going to play between the five of us. I was just back from the U.S. and had about t

Episode 11

Sep 25th, 2021 6m 53s

During my time in the U.S., I kept in touch via chat with my friends from Paraguay, specially with Ana, one of my best childhood friends. I noticed how she became very good friends with this new girl in school, Victoria. They seemed unbreakable

Episode 10

Aug 19th, 2021 3m 17s

It was very nice and subtle what we had. On my last week in the country, it was Thanksgiving day. We both travelled 150 kilometers away from the city with our families, but in opposite directions. My last weekend there and we were apart by 300

Episode 9

Aug 7th, 2021 5m 57s

So I went to live to Palm Beach, Florida, for three months. Actually the plan was to stay for six months, but causally there was a mix-up when I entered the country, therefore I only got granted three months. Thanks to not being able to stay lo

Episode 8

Aug 2nd, 2021 6m 31s

I did my research on where to study next, so I started an intensive acting-for-films course. Two weeks only, five hours a day. It was hectic, full on. I must confess that when I started I sucked at it, I sucked badly. Of course, I had never don

Episode 7

Jul 23rd, 2021 6m 3s

I was raised with my four brothers, that implies constant insults to bug and offend each other. But on some specific days all of them took it against me and in a sort of a chorus, called out to me: “Fat”, “black”, “Ugly”. Throughout my childhoo

Episode 6

Jul 19th, 2021 9m 52s

One of my dreams is that all of us as society could change that mindset. I have faith that the change will happen little by little. Dreamers inspire you to dream, so the more dreamers we are, more people will dare to dream. It’s like joy, conta

Episode 5

Jun 26th, 2021 7m 6s

Ok, where was I? In 2002 my twin brothers travelled to U.S. for two months. They had a scholarship in a soccer academy. During that time, they stayed with Pedro, a beloved family friend.In 2003, because we have Spanish blood from my dad’s side

Episode 4

Jun 21st, 2021 6m 35s

As I was growing up, each day I was more and more serious about my dream of being an actress. When I watched films and theatre plays, I could see my self on the big screen and on stage. As a kid I always said I wanted to be an actress when I gr

Episode 3

Jun 11th, 2021 4m 40s

Professionally they kept getting better and better. In the year 1986, they expanded and opened offices in Córdoba and in other cities in Argentina. During one of his trips to Córdoba, Felipe visited a little touristic town called Villa Carlos P

Episode 2

Jun 4th, 2021 7m 11s

To prove you my theory of connecting the present with the past, I’ll go way back in time. I’ll start off with the 70’s. Precisely, with a winter afternoon in Mendoza, Argentina:Felipe was about 20 years old, he was very enthusiastic and stubbo

Prologue

Jun 4th, 2021 7m 51s

Hey there! I am Paola, but a lot of friends call me “La Jojot” -because of my Mom’s Surname-. I took it as my “artistic name”, to honour my mom. I am a joyful and positive woman, a dreamer, a traveller, an animal lover and a sunset collector. A

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