Pau Donés invited him to enjoy every minute of his life

Journalist Jordi Évole remembers that when Pau Donés asked him to do his last interview before he died of cancer, he stayed in shock to know that Jarabe de Palo’s leader had little time to live.

However, in the documentary that resulted from that discussion and which is named What are you giving me, there is room for anything but sadness. He explains that although they both cried when they planned it, the recording environment was already different.

Don’t be afraid of a documentary like this. From the beginning, you might think that looking at a person on the verge of death can be sad and very difficult and I assure you that it is not so “, says Jordi Évole in an interview.

“It is a living will that comforts, enters like a breath of fresh air in a moment like the one we live in and that someone is taught that life is worth living, even if you only have 15 days to live. I think it can be very helpful at a time like this, “he says.

The documentary will premiere on the Antena 3 Internacional payment channel next Monday at 20:30, after its screening in some cinemas due to the COVID-19 pandemic at the end of 2020.

“It is a discussion that invites you to live, to enjoy every minute of life due to the legacy that Pau and his strength leave us. With the situation we have lived in the last year with death present in all latitudes, you suddenly receive a message about how to face life and also death, a very vital message “, he considers.

interpreter Skinny girl passed away on June 9, 2020, due to colon cancer; It took 15 days before he sat down to talk to Évole, and although he was visibly weak, the journalist points out that when he entered the conversation, he forgot.

“It’s something he said to me, ‘Look how I am, I’m here and what we have to do is talk.’

“He also said we shouldn’t waste time hating it because it’s not worth it and it’s a waste of time.”