In November 2022 it premiered The fall, film starring Mexican actress Karla Souza that recounts the abuse suffered by Azul Almazán, a Mexican excavator, at the hands of her abuser and the system that forced her to keep quiet and endure to fulfill her dream: to participate in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
The film caused controversy since its premiere and a few hours ago it became a trend again after the statements that Souza gave for the youtuber Roberto Martínez, as he assured that the tape has had great effects on his life, since he has received multiple threats for exposing cases of sexual abuse and psychological violence in Mexican sports.
Souza explained that he always intended to make a sports movie. However, everything happened when she entered a bathroom where he found a magazine with a report on the Mexican excavator Azul Almazán.
The actress said full with this film. However, she assured that a high-ranking person in the Mexican Swimming Federation (FMN) has been threatening to sue her and the production for exposing the situations of abuse experienced by athletes, a situation that has turned on red flags before the society.
Souza also spoke about the pedophilia network that exists in Mexico, in which high-ranking officers from different branches are involved.
You mess with a network of pedophiles in this country, which is scary. Fuck you if I told you about the people or companies with whom you thought they were dealing with this topic, so much so that I have to be sure, I no longer feel comfortable walking the streets in Mexico without thinking about it; My walk in this country changes a little by having made this film.
This guy is threatening us that he’s going to sue us. I shouldn’t be talking about this. This film had effects and we have not released them, we have not said anything, but it had effects. This person was still in an impressive position of power in the Mexican Federation, the film comes out and 28 days later something happens that is like thank you very much for your participation.
This person is very emput*da and, in addition, they are suing us from many other places of these systems that I am telling you about the movie.
It is very c*brón, it is a very gruesome world. I think the movie caused very positive things that were ready to start moving, it’s that they use athletes as pawns, it’s a very strong thing. They had two sides to the divers and that ‘if you go to this competition, we’ll take away your scholarship’, they have all the power and control over them, they don’t have an agency and what they give them in scholarships is a pittance, it’s one thing deplorable.
Souza hopes that despite the threats and inconvenience from pedophilic groups, his interpretation will be able to open society’s eyes to a problem that deserves to be addressed and rooted out.