Spanish director Isabel Coixet with Miguelin the giant baby in the Spain Pavilion.(Source: China Daily)
BEIJING, Sep. 10 (Xinhuanet) -- The extra-large model baby in the Spain Pavilion was 'conceived' by a Spanish filmmaker, Shi Yingying reports.
Visitors admiring the 6.5-meter-high giant baby, Miguelin, in the Spain Pavilion may be surprised to realize that it was not the concept of a famous designer or a group of groundbreaking engineers. It came from one filmmaker's interpretation of the meaning of "Better City, Better Life".
Spanish director Isabel Coixet developed the idea after being asked to contribute to Expo 2010 Shanghai.
"They asked me to do something to tell the Chinese audience about Spain in the future and the first thing jumped to my mind was a baby," said Coixet. "If we really fight to have better cars, better cities and better lives, it's for them - for our children."
The huge baby represents the idea that our children are our future.
Despite her Spanish heritage, Coixet doesn't focus on making Spanish films or using Spain as the setting. Fans of her various award-winning films, including My Life Without Me, The Secret Life of Words and Elegy, may not even be aware of Coixet's Spanish background.
