Plain “We will see each other again, Mrs. Pedecaris; when we are both like golden clouds floating on the wind.” Poetic farewell to Mulay el Raisuli and Eden Pedecaris leading characters from The Wind and the Lion, a magnificent film by Jhon Milius (1974) played by Sean Connery and Candice Bergen. Superproduction shot entirely in Spain, and for the most part in Almería, as the Almeria author José Márquez Úbeda explains in great detail in Almería, film set (1999), an essential work to know the scope of the history of cinema in the cradle of the Indalo. On October 31, Thomas Sean Connery, actor and film producer, passed away. Fame as an actor came to him as the mythical British spy James Bond (1962). He did not allow himself to be trapped by typecasting, seeking to develop his interpretive register throughout his long and fruitful career. SC leaves us memorable characters such as the Raisuli who walked, accompanied by the vibrant score composed by Jerry Goldsmith, through the Alcazaba gardens, reflecting on everything for which life deserves to be lived with commitment. In 1975 he starred alongside Michael Caine in the brilliant adaptation of Rudyar Kipling’s The Man Who Could Reign by John Huston. I sing to the losers, to rogues seduced by impossible dreams that would not be exchanged for anything or anyone; still aware of the inevitable failure. In 1976 Connery returned to shoot in Spain. This time around he plays a mature Robin Hood alongside the incomparable Audrey Hepburn in Richard Lester’s masterful Robin and Marian. Maturity, disappointment, and always, love. The final scene of this film where Marian, when they are about to die, declares her love for Robin is a work of art: I love you more than everything … more than the fields that I planted with my hands … I love you more than love or joy …! In 1980 Umberto Eco published his first novel, The Name of the Rose. Connery gave life to Guillermo de Basckerville in the film version directed by Jean-Jacques Arnaud in 1986. As current as in the fourteenth century: censorship and control of knowledge for dominance. Aristotle continues with us because “laughter kills fear … life without love is dull.” Sean Connery said goodbye by reciting the poem Ithaca by Cavafis, with music by Vangelis. It is a beautiful until always.
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