“If my 23-year-old son comes to me with a girl my age, it’s not easy,” he admits. Ludwig Paleda44 reflects the love between a couple with a huge age gap.
The actress, who started her career 33 years ago, points out that although social ideologies regarding love have evolved, Nicholas still finds it difficult to come to terms with the idea of falling in love with an older woman.
“It will be very strange because I don’t see myself with someone older than 20, not at this time, ask me at 60, a 40-year-old might attract my attention more,” laughs Paleda.
In English slang, the word cougar is used to define women as predators of innocence, looking for a younger mate associated with the animal world.
However, Ludwika points out the gender inequality related to these situations and the barriers that form behind it when it comes to a woman.
“I think we all have that barrier, and in Mexico it’s still not socially acceptable to see an older woman with a younger man, as it happens with older men dating a younger woman,” the actress highlights.
This reflection is built into the plot of his film “Do you want to be my son?”There he shares the credits Juanpa JuridaMade his debut with this film, now available on ViX.
27-year-old Zurida highlights that it is very possible for the new generation to see couples with a significant age difference, which is no longer a factor to be considered in love.
“If age was a criterion, I wouldn’t have decided to do all the things I did when I was younger. I like to think that this is something that is changing, and it would be nice to have the license to love however you want,” says Zurida.
Lu (Baletta), a woman who feels she has lost everything when her 15-year relationship ends, faces uncertainty about her own power and fear amid the agony of being betrayed. The dreams he gave up on. Just then a situation puts her on the brink of a new discovery.
Actors such as Harold Azuara, Hernán Mendoza and Yuriria del Valle round out the cast. For the actress, it was an opportunity to explore playing a character for which she had to wait 33 years in her career.
“Now I’m at a point where I can relate to a guy who’s much younger than me, and I like that it’s an unpredictable story in a lot of ways,” Paleta says.