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Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You

Play trailer Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You 2001,  1h 30m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist - - 4 Reviews Tomatometer 76% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
Tomatometer 4 Reviews 76% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Yessica (Ximena Ayala) is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam (Nancy Gutiérrez). Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge (Luis Fernando Peña), while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica. In the aftermath, the traumatized girl unwittingly draws Miriam into her troubled world.

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Kevin Thomas Los Angeles Times Oct 28, 2004
4/5
Perfume de Violetas is very strong stuff, and Sistach has inspired such young actors as Ayala and Gutirrez to give sustained and harrowing portrayals. Go to Full Review
Ella Taylor L.A. Weekly Oct 28, 2004
This powerfully rough slice of neo-realism, hitched to soapy melodrama, puts a heartbreakingly human face on the widespread problem of sexual assault in Mexico, especially as it applies to vulnerable kids of the inner city. Go to Full Review
Tom Dawson BBC.com Jun 18, 2003
3/5
It offers a powerful critique of a brutally exploitative, macho society in which women are disdainfully treated as inferior citizens. Go to Full Review
Jules Brenner Cinema Signals Oct 16, 2004
2.5/5
Lest you think this a story about flowers and fragrances, let me dash the image. This is not pretty and doesn't smell so nice. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Marisa Sistach

Director

Ximena Ayala

Yessica

Nancy Gutiérrez

Miriam

Arcelia Ramírez

Alicia

María Rojo

Madre de Yessica

Luis Fernando Peña

Jorge

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Synopsis Yessica (Ximena Ayala) is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam (Nancy Gutiérrez). Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge (Luis Fernando Peña), while Miriam shares a calm, loving household with her mother. The girls' friendship is shattered after Jorge arranges to have one of his friends rape Yessica. In the aftermath, the traumatized girl unwittingly draws Miriam into her troubled world.
Director
Marisa Sistach
Producer
José Buil
Screenwriter
Jose Buil, Marisa Sistach
Production Co
Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad (FOPROCINE), Instituto Mexicano de Cinematografía (IMCINE), Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC), Palmera Films, Filmoteca de la UNAM, Cnca, Hubert Bals Fund, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, Producciones Tragaluz
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Spanish
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 11, 2001, Original
Runtime
1h 30m
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