‘Abrahán con ene’, the series that will make visible Limb-girdle Muscular Dystrophy 1F/D2

“Many know that he has muscular dystrophy, only a few know that he left the Jehovah’s Witnesses. But no one saw this coming.” With this premise, the ABRAHÁN CON ENE project was born, which, in a humorous tone, will tell about the life of Abrahán Guirao, president of the Conquistando Escalones Association, an autofiction series that draws on references such as Mira what you have done by Berto Romero, El end of the comedy by Ignatius Farray or the international Louis by Louis C.K.

This Sunday, March 26, Guirao has presented, for the first time in society, this initiative within the 25th Vila-real International Film Festival, VIST, accompanied by its two creators: Sergi Tellols and Amèlia Barberà. Before different professionals from the Castellón audiovisual sector, the president of Conquistando Escalones has revealed the details of this production, which has obtained a satisfactory first response from these professionals and has aroused great interest.

The series will be structured in six episodes lasting between 15 and 20 minutes and will address different themes in Guirao’s life, focusing on the fact that he devotes practically all his time and effort to raising funds for research into his disease, in situations living day to day having muscular dystrophy and how, nearing 40 and recently on his own, he finds something unexpected hits him out of the blue. The president of Conquistando Escalones, who has stated that this is the project that has made him most excited about all that he has started to date, has insisted that “in the cinema and in fiction, in general, when stories about disability appear, They are usually loaded with drama or great overcoming. Rarely is it transferred what it is like to live with a disease like ours from closeness, with humor without taboos or goodisms ”. “In congresses in which I have participated, I have verified, first-hand, how interested both those affected and those around them are that their reality can be treated in a different way, and that is that humor is a healing weapon for everyone”, Guirao added. .

This autofiction, like practically everything that Abrahán Guirao does, seeks to make visible and raise funds. For its financing, on April 12 a campaign will be launched in Verkami with rewards for anyone who makes a contribution to the campaign that can now be followed to receive the notification of its activation since there will be special rewards for donations made during the first hours. You can access the campaign by clicking on the logo:

Synopsis

For almost ten years Abrahán has been working every day to make visible and raise funds for medical research into the strange muscular dystrophy that he has suffered since he was a child. His health and his dedication have always kept him away from the typical problems of his generation, but now that he has become independent, there are other issues that affect his life and little by little he realizes that they are not so different from the others. concerns that have their closest environment in crisis. Abraham has long since entered manhood, but he has only just realized it.