"Which actresses over 60 do you have in mind?" The question is asked. Vicenta Ndongo, actress still in her fifties, who had previously said how she was amazed at the lack of knowledge that exists among the talent pool of actors who fill television and platform series with names like Maribel Verdú, who has dedicated her entire life to the sector. "You get older and you disappear," she proclaims, not without pointing out that in her case, as a racialized woman, she also does not fit the "stereotypical mother." For the moment, she has not played a grandmother yet, she clarifies.

A film director friend of Vicenta Ndongo's invited her to his home in Puerto Escondido, Mexico, to share the news: she was expecting a child. That recent trip a year ago was an unforgettable experience for her. "No daiquiris or discos," she found nature in its purest form, simple people, and plenty of sea. "There's nothing as Robinson Crusoe as that," she states emphatically. "It was amazing to go to one of those remote places where the ground is sandy and nothing is cement. It's a paradise without resorts," she adds. With a book in her hands, she strolled along the deserted beaches for miles. "You don't hear reggaeton, just the sound of the Pacific. Where have you seen this before?" the actress, winner of the 2024 National Culture Award, who came with her 9-year-old son, still wonders enthusiastically. "There are always kids running around, no cars because there's no road. I let my son go out, and he only came back when he was hungry," she recounts.