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Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening
Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening
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VIOLET PERFUME: NO ONE IS LISTENING

Nadie te oye: Perfume de violetas

Directed by Marisa Sistach
Mexico, Netherlands, 2001
Drama

Synopsis

Yessica is a troubled teenage girl living in a poor neighborhood in Mexico City and she has to endure a tough mother and a vile stepbrother. When she meets Miriam, an innocent girl with a better family, she finds shelter and a best friend. However, their friendship comes at a price.

Synopsis

Yessica is a troubled teenage girl living in a poor neighborhood in Mexico City and she has to endure a tough mother and a vile stepbrother. When she meets Miriam, an innocent girl with a better family, she finds shelter and a best friend. However, their friendship comes at a price.

Our take

Shame of a particular adolescent sort can be expelled with a self-esteem boost, a bubble bath, and borrowed fragrance—but warding off other danger is more difficult to handle. Making room for girlhood’s glitter and laughter, this coming-of-age film at the same time lays the threat of misogyny bare.