Mexican director William Bull reported that his mother, an actress Guadalupe Gomez passed away, so he dedicated an emotional farewell message to him during premiere his version “Pinocchio” presented in London International Film Festival.
Winner of the Academy Award for Best Director and Film for “Shape of Water” in 2018 dedicated a screening of “Pinocchio” to his mother and stated that it would be first time that she would see it along with the rest of the guests.
“My mom just passed away. It was very special for her and me. Not only will you see the film for the first time; She will see her for the first time with us, ”said the Oscar winner.
Guillermo del Toro had an early start in the seventh art thanks to his mother, Guadalupe Gomez, who promoted and supported him, so that the man from Guadalajara was trained as a director.
Who was Guadalupe Gomez?
Mexican actress Guadalupe Gomez was remembered for her participation in the film “Doña Herlinda and her son”, from the director Jaime Humberto Hermosillowhose production was released in 1985.
The feature film marks the debut of the state-born actress Jaliscowho was one of first entries By revising homosexual relationship in Mexican cinema. It was Guillermo del Toro’s mother who was the mother of a young gay man who pretended not to understand that her son was in a relationship with another man.
In the same year, Guadalupe Gomez starred in a short horror film called “Dona Lupe”which was filmed by a young man from Toro and was released until 2008 in a special edition DVD.
By 1987, the actress had agreed to work on another project for her son in a new horror story called “Geometry”in the last years of the decade, when a director from Guadalajara presented and directed episodes of a successful horror series. “Marked Hour” from TV.
Condolences to Guadalupe Gomez
The Morelia Film Festival posted a message to the mother of a successful filmmaker via her Twitter account: “FICM regrets a sensitive death Mrs. Guadalupe Gomezour mother dear and respected friend Guillermo del Toro. We join in the grief that overwhelms him and wish his family and friends a speedy resignation.”
Similar University of Guadalajara -where the filmmaker graduated- also expressed his condolences on social media: “At #ComunidadUdeG, we mourn the death of Doña Guadalupe Gomez, mother of @RealGDT, and we offer our most sincere condolences to her family and friends.”
Except Mexican Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences mourned the death of the director’s mother: “AMACC mourns the death of Doña Guadalupe Gomez, mother of our dear friend Guillermo del Toro ( @RealGDT). We embrace you with love and wish you a speedy retirement.”
Since 2018, Guadalupe Gómez’s health has been deteriorating when the death of her husband and father Guillermo, director Federico del Toro, occurred. Causes of death of the director’s mother “Shelter” (2007) has yet to be released.
Source: Heraldo De Mexico
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