Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening
2001 film
- 11 March 2001 (2001-03-11)
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Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (Spanish: Perfume de violetas, nadie te oye) is a 2001 Mexican drama film directed by Marisa Sistach. It was Mexico's submission to the 74th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1][2]
Plot
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.
Cast
- Ximena Ayala - Yessica
- Nancy Gutiérrez - Miriam
- Arcelia Ramírez - Alicia, madre de Miriam
- María Rojo - Madre de Yessica
- Luis Fernando Peña - Jorge
- Gabino Rodríguez - Héctor
- Pablo Delgado - Juan
Awards
Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening won five Ariel awards:
- Best Actress: Ximena Ayala
- Best Supporting Actress: Arcelia Ramírez
- Best original script: José Buil
- Best Art Direction
- Best Costume Design
See also
References
- ^ "51 Countries In Race For Oscar". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. 2001-11-19. Archived from the original on July 4, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
- ^ "74th Academy Awards - Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 2008-06-22. Retrieved 2008-08-07.
External links
- Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening at IMDb
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Mexican submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film
- Torero! (1957)
- Nazarín (1959)
- Macario (1960)
- Ánimas Trujano (1961)
- Tlayucan (1962)
- The Paper Man (1963)
- Always Further On (1965)
- Black Wind (1966)
- The Adolescents (1967)
- El Topo (1971)
- Reed: Insurgent Mexico (1973)
- Calzonzin Inspector (1974)
- Letters from Marusia (1975)
- Length of War (1976)
- Pafnucio Santo (1977)
- The Place Without Limits (1978)
- Mojado Power (1981)
- Eréndira (1983)
- Frida Still Life (1985)
- The Realm of Fortune (1986)
- Life Is Most Important (1987)
- The Last Tunnel (1988)
- Cabeza de Vaca (1990)
- Homework (1991)
- Like Water for Chocolate (1992)
- Cronos (1993)
- The Beginning and the End (1994)
- Midaq Alley (1995)
- Between Pancho Villa and a Naked Woman (1996)
- Deep Crimson (1997)
- Un embrujo (1998)
- No One Writes to the Colonel (1999)
- Amores perros (2000)
- Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening (2001)
- The Crime of Padre Amaro (2002)
- Aro Tolbukhin: In the Mind of a Killer (2003)
- Voces inocentes (2004)
- Al otro lado (2005)
- Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
- Silent Light (2007)
- Tear This Heart Out (2008)
- Backyard (2009)
- Biutiful (2010)
- Miss Bala (2011)
- After Lucia (2012)
- Heli (2013)
- Cantinflas (2014)
- 600 Miles (2015)
- Desierto (2016)
- Tempestad (2017)
- Roma (2018)
- The Chambermaid (2019)
- I'm No Longer Here (2020)
- Prayers for the Stolen (2021)
- Bardo, False Chronicle of a Handful of Truths (2022)
- Tótem (2023)
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