If we look back, those who were children in the eighties will surely remember Sonia Martinez, one of the most famous faces of children’s television of that time thanks to the show. chess, in nature is 3, 2, 1… Communicate. His story was equal parts success and hell because of his drug addiction. A promising career that unfortunately did not have a happy ending because, at just 30 years old, Sonia Martinez has left us forever. Now, three decades after his tragic disappearance, La2 and RTVE Play have released a documentary, Sonia Martinez’s last nightAbout the legendary presenter of the eighties, where his Sister Irene Martinez and her son Hugo Padilla. A job that has strengthened their family ties and has been a catharsis for them.
© GTRES“It’s very sensitive, very sensitive, but very healing at the same time. I am very happy, because I feel it is a tribute. It was as if my sister’s voice was being heard through me,” admitted the late presenter’s sister Irene. She lost her sister very young, early in life, and that’s why it was so important to her that people know the real Sonya, whom she remembers as “a cheerful, happy, funny, very social woman. She was a being of light. She walked into any room and looked like the sun, and that’s how I want to remember it: with that sun, with that smile, with that natural joy. He talked to the cleaning lady on the front porch, or to Gunilla von Bismarck Never mind; “That naturalness, spontaneity and experience are the memories I want to have.”
For Hugo Padilla, the presenter’s son, the documentary has been a window into getting to know his mother. We know very little about her, in fact, this is the first time she has spoken about it publicly and although she only knows her difficult story because she has no memories, she admits that the documentary helped her heal old wounds. “I’m so proud of him, from start to finish,” He comments, but admits that it was not easy to work on and says that there are all kinds of moments: “On the one hand difficult and on the other, emotional, exciting, with many ups and downs, with many emotions on the surface.” However, she feels satisfied with the results and the affection people have for her mother: “The truth is I feel very lucky because of how people remember her, she was a very normal person, which she always brought. The best of her. Out, even if it was bad, and it is true, it is obvious. “He was always smiling and treated people humanely.”
Who is Hugo Padilla Martinez?
At the age of 34, Hugo Padilla Martinez He did not have an easy life. He is the son of Sonia Martínez and José Manuel Padilla, also an addict and whom he married in 1989, shortly after they met. Two years after that union, in February 1991, Hugo was born, who has almost no memory of him because “I am three years old” when he dies In fact, he admits that he did not know of her existence until the age of 12 and that his discovery was somewhat fortunate: he found out who his mother was because he won a case and the compensation was the inheritance that Sonia left him. From that moment, I tried to search his life to know more about him: “I always had him very present and I was always very connected to him.” In fact, he admits that “ever since I found out who my mother was, I’ve tried to see things. There are things that are very difficult and there are things that I didn’t like very much. Children’s shows, yes, because at the end he was seen differently… But, there was something else that I missed.”
© RTVEThanks to the RTVE documentary, Hugo learns the difficult road his mother had to go through. He understands her better and even realizes that she is really a victim of the moment in which she lives: “Those were other times. Now, at least, things are different and it is good to show what was wrong before and today will be taken differently He tried to heal himself, he fought for it. Another thing is that it was very complicated, very difficult because of the situation.”
If this work is of any use, it is to bring Sonia Martinez’s family closer together with her first child. A somewhat strange relationship. And, Irene Martinez herself admitted about her nephew Hugo: “I didn’t meet him until he was 15.” Due to life circumstances, their relationship was not the most fluid and went through ups and downs, something that seems to be left behind today: “There were moments of closeness and more distant moments because of each other’s circumstances, and it’s beautiful because fair “This documentary is bringing us together so much more, so it’s going to be great.”
Tributes on his 30th death anniversary
Documentary Sonia Martinez’s last night An RTVE Play production directed by Angela Gallardo and Cesar Vallejo Just three decades after his tragic disappearance. He was only 30 years old when he left us, but it would serve to know an unforgettable presenter who marked an entire generation. Undoubtedly, this is a great legacy of a woman, personally and professionally, whose addiction to heroin and subsequent infection with AIDS led to her ruin. And he does so through unpublished testimonies from family members, such as his sister Irene and his son Hugo, and television personalities who had the opportunity to meet and even work with him.
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