Maite Perroni stars in and produces “The Eighth Clause”, a psychological thriller about a couple in the process of divorcing whose husband conditions the woman to have sex with her lover in his presence in order to reach an economic agreement on their separation. Will money or dignity be more powerful?
“It’s seeing how far we are able to go many times to save our skin,” Perroni said in a recent video call interview from Mexico City. “It is a moment in which it is: rescue yourself who can and how you can.”
There is a lot of money at stake, but what seems to confuse Cat (Perroni) and her husband Borja (Óscar Jaenada) the most is rather their need to show who has the power. Also, the lover (Manuel Vega) is not a stranger; he is one of Borja’s best friends.
“This state of alert makes her have to solve, to think, to act and see how she is going to come out of this situation triumphant,” Perroni said of her character. “No one is what they really seem to be.”
Things get more complicated when a woman (Paulina Dávila) arrives at the remote villa where they are, on the shore of a lake in Mexico, asking for help for her broken down car. The film, currently available on Amazon Prime Video, also features performances by Michel Duval and Jesica Coch.
After roles in series such as “The Game of Keys” and “Dark Desire”, Perroni is accustomed to the public to more powerful interpretations, embodying mature women and without fear of exercising their sexuality, as Cat.
Maite Perroni, left, and Manuel Vega in a scene from “The Eighth Clause” in an image provided by Amazon Prime Video.
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For his part, Jaenada, an actor in films such as “Cantinflas” and “Lovin Pablo” (“Escobar, the betrayal”) and series such as “Luis Miguel” and “Hernán”, once again demonstrates that characters with complicated personalities are his thing. , calculating and sadistic, something very different from its true essence, according to Perroni.
“For me, working with Óscar was a giant gift, I have admired him a lot for many years,” he said. Óscar “is kind, that part that is so interesting on stage with other profiles and other characters is what becomes super interesting and enriching, because he is a charm, he is very adorable and when it comes to taking action you discover all those nuances that the character has to communicate”.
The film was filmed in Mexico in 2020 in the midst of a pandemic. It arose as a challenge to find a story that could be told without requiring many locations and that at the same time would allow them to reactivate the film industry.
“It was like that,” Perroni said. “The head started spinning and this whole dark world came out.”
“The eighth clause” was directed by the Chilean musician and artist Koko Stambuk, with whom Perroni had a romantic relationship. After his experience in production and acting, as well as seeing the filmmakers’ process up close, Perroni said he would eventually like to sit in the director’s chair.
“In the future I would like to be on a set directing,” he said. “I want to do everything, but I think you also have to find the time and the moment, you have to go step by step. Just as acting has involved challenges and different decisions, I also believe that this new stage in which I begin to get involved from production is teaching me a lot.”
At the time of the interview, the actress was in the middle of filming a series in Mexico City during night calls.
“I walk with the schedules turned upside down, with all the times turned upside down, but it has been a father (great) experience,” he said without revealing other details about the production. “We have been recording for four months now, it is a very interesting challenge, super big”.
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