Silence and shock at Verónica Echegui's most intimate farewell: "We can't believe it."

Silence and intimacy were the tone at the La Paz funeral home in Alcobendas this Monday. After learning of Verónica Echegui 's death, colleagues such as María Adánez , Paco León , and Álex García —her ex-partner—attended the family for a low-key farewell. A steady stream of names who had shared roles or friendships with the actress arrived: from Silvia Alonso to Dafne Fernández, passing through Fernando Guallar, Elisa Matilla, Sara Sálamo, Victoria Luengo, Susana Abaitua...

Representatives of the film industry who attended showed respect for the decision of Echegui's family . They made few comments upon leaving. Not even the Film Academy confirmed the actress's death, a standard procedure in such cases. The family told the press, through the funeral home staff, that they "preferred that there be no coverage of the death and, if there was, that it be done with the utmost respect." People close to the actress's family stated that the family was dismayed and asked for "the utmost understanding" at this time.

Throughout the afternoon, colleagues continued to arrive, such as Jorge Bosch , Cayetana Guillén Cuervo , and Carlos Olalla , with whom she shared the cast in Yo soy la Juani and who tearfully described Echegui as "a better person than an actress" and that "she made a scene great." The president of the Film Academy, Fernando Méndez-Leite Serrano, stated that the Madrid-born actress was a "precocious" actress and that "a tribute should be paid to her" in this country.

Condolences have also been pouring in on social media . Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez posted early this afternoon on X (formerly Twitter) that he was "shocked by the news of the death of Verónica Echegui , an actress of enormous talent and humility who is leaving us far too young." Ione Belarra , secretary general of Podemos, added that Spain "has lost a magnificent actress and director."

Among her colleagues, Antonio Banderas stated that Spanish cinema "is in mourning" for her death, alongside a photograph of Echegui kissing her Goya Award for Short Fiction for Tótem Loba . Juan Diego Botto expressed his "shock at the loss of the great actress Verónica Echegui" and added that it is "a huge loss for our cinema." Maribel Verdú , a friend of the actress, shared a heartfelt goodbye on Instagram: "Fuck Tana... I will always remember your visits to the Kennedys tour. You arrived with your joy, your madness, your energy, your humor... What a shame, how soon." On this same social network, Asier Etxeandía dedicated a long and emotional text to her in which he mentioned: "I still can't understand anything, full of life, talent, light, beauty... (...) I fell in love with you when we met in 2005 making INFIERNO (...), the journey by your side was so wild that I was left admiring you and loving you forever (...)".