Belén Rueda returns to horror cinema with The Dress, directed by Jacob Santana and produced by Frank Ariza, a thriller that addresses bullying, family conflicts, and the personal ghosts that haunt those who try to start from scratch. The film will be released in cinemas this February 13The actress plays Alicia, a woman who moves with her daughter Carla (Vera Centenera) to a new house, where she discovers that other families suffered inexplicable misfortunes, especially the girls who lived there. An old blue dress connects Carla with the ghost of a girl, triggering the supernatural events that run through the story. According to Rueda, the film shows "how, in the beauty of things, sometimes the terrible and pain are also hidden; that is what produces terror".In the interview with the colleagues of Europa Press, the actress reflected on the Government's proposal to limit access to social networks for minors under 16 years of age: "Prohibition is never good, but by being prohibited there is an awareness. Young people receive influence from friends and also from people they don't even know, so this debate already generates awareness," she pointed out, comparing the measure to the prohibition of drinking and driving in her generation. Belén Rueda also explained that the new technological challenges have changed the use of mobile phones: "Before, mobile phones were given to children to call on a school trip, now all of life is on the phones. It has gotten a bit out of hand," she states.
On her return to horror, the actress highlights the emotional intensity of the genre: "It allows you to reach very high extremes of lack of control and, at the same time, very low places of pain," and assures that working closely with the script from the beginning with the director and producer allowed her to become fully involved in the story. Furthermore, she prefers to let herself go on set and react to surprises during filming: "When they say 'action,' I want there to be no element that disturbs me and if it disturbs me, I'm going to let it disturb me."