Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening

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Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening
Directed by Marisa Sistach
Starring Ximena Ayala
Nancy Gutiérrez
Release date
  • 11 March 2001 (2001-03-11)
Running time
1h 30min
CountryMexico
LanguageSpanish

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]

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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

Reception

Critical response

Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You has an approval rating of 100% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 5 reviews, and an average rating of 6.5/10. [3] Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 4 critics, indicating "generaly favorable reviews". [4]

Awards

Violet Perfume: No One Is Listening won five Ariel awards:

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