Marcela Fernández Violante

Directing

Marcela Fernández Violante

Born

1941-06-09 (85)

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Directing

Credits

27 titles

Marcela Fernández Violante (born June 9, 1941) is a Mexican filmmaker and director. She is a graduate of the University Centre for Cinematographic Studies (CUEC), where she specialized in scripting and direction. Upon graduation from CUEC, Violante participated in the documentary about Mexican artist Frida Kahlo, which won an Ariel Award for “Best Documentary". She participated as a student in the filming of the documentary El grito, by director Leobardo López Aretche on the events that culminate the tragedy of the events that happened in Tlatelolco on October 2nd, 1968. On October 2nd, 2018, it was announced that a remastered version of this film would be shown at FICM. Violante participa…

Known for

Film credits

Behind the camera

Snake Skin poster
6.0

After returning from a trip, a young dentist discovers that her home has been ransacked. Determined to recover part of her belongings, the protagonist initiates a criminal process within a corrupt and ineffective justice system that turns her life into a nightmare.

Snake Skin

2002

Snake Skin poster
6.0

After returning from a trip, a young dentist discovers that her home has been ransacked. Determined to recover part of her belongings, the protagonist initiates a criminal process within a corrupt and ineffective justice system that turns her life into a nightmare.

Snake Skin

2002

No artwork available
9.0

The daily experiences of a girl focused on her family problems

Blue

1966

No artwork available
9.0

The daily experiences of a girl focused on her family problems

Blue

1966

No artwork available
NR

Student short film. Unknown plot.

La Perse

1967

'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar! poster
6.4

Subjugated by power, the workers of a mining town organize clandestinely.

'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!

1981

No artwork available
NR

Student short film. Unknown plot

The Ball

1967

Mystery poster
7.2

A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work.

Mystery

1980

Mystery poster
7.2

A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work.

Mystery

1980

Golpe de suerte poster
6.0

A bureaucrat gets a house and even a car on credit thanks to the support of a compadre who is a union leader, but then has difficulty paying because he is fired in a job cut despite the many years he has been working.

Golpe de suerte

1992

Golpe de suerte poster
6.0

A bureaucrat gets a house and even a car on credit thanks to the support of a compadre who is a union leader, but then has difficulty paying because he is fired in a job cut despite the many years he has been working.

Golpe de suerte

1992

Of Present Body (or the perpetual spirals of pleasure and power) poster
9.0

Through the montage of film fragments from the Mexican Golden Cinema, it explores the cinematographic representation of of pain, violence, repressed sexuality and Mexicanness.

Of Present Body (or the perpetual spirals of pleasure and power)

1998

Of Present Body (or the perpetual spirals of pleasure and power) poster
9.0

Through the montage of film fragments from the Mexican Golden Cinema, it explores the cinematographic representation of of pain, violence, repressed sexuality and Mexicanness.

Of Present Body (or the perpetual spirals of pleasure and power)

1998

In the Land of Light Feet poster
5.7

During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his town and teaches him the customs of his own. Both children discover illegal loggers.

In the Land of Light Feet

1982

In the Land of Light Feet poster
5.7

During his vacations, 12-year-old Manuel travels by train with his mother to the Sierra Tarahumara to spend a few days with his father, who works in the mountains with the indigenous people protecting nature. Manuel befriends Jesus, who takes him to his town and teaches him the customs of his own. Both children discover illegal loggers.

In the Land of Light Feet

1982

Anyway, Juan is Your Name poster
6.3

Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.

Anyway, Juan is Your Name

1976

Anyway, Juan is Your Name poster
6.3

Analytical view of one of the least reported conflicts of national cinema: the Cristero movement that developed in the regions of western Mexico between 1926 and 1929, highlighting the inability to be faithful to both the Church and the State.

Anyway, Juan is Your Name

1976

Nocturnal Love that Goes Away poster
6.3

A taxi driver goes missing after driving a passenger out of town.

Nocturnal Love that Goes Away

1987

Nocturnal Love that Goes Away poster
6.3

A taxi driver goes missing after driving a passenger out of town.

Nocturnal Love that Goes Away

1987

Cananea poster
6.1

Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.

Cananea

1978

Cananea poster
6.1

Based on a true story in the American owned Cananea mine. It depicts how the owner profits while the Mexican workers struggle to survive and are exploited for their labour.

Cananea

1978

Entangling Shadows poster
5.8

Documentary that celebrates 100 years of cinema in Latin America and talks about the origins and the development of cinema in this subcontinent. Its structure is based in 12 short films directed by various Latin American directors. These are: 1) "Los inicios", Iván Trujillo 2) "Cuando comenzamos a hablar", María Novaro 3) "Jugando en serio", Jacobo Morales 4) "De cuerpo presente [Las espirales perpetuas del placer y el poder] Cine Mexicano [1931- 1997]", Marcela Fernández Violante 5) "Cuando quisimos ser adultos", Edmundo Aray and David Rodríguez 6) "Cinema Novo", Orlando Senna 7) "Memorias de una isla, Juan Carlos Tabío 8) "Un grito, 24 cuadros por segundo", Julio García-Espinosa 9) "El día de la independencia", Federico García 10) "¿Sólo las formas permanecen?", Fernando Birri and Pablo Rodríguez Gauregui 11) "Todo final es un principio", Andrés Marriquín.

Entangling Shadows

1998

No artwork available
NR

What would have been Fernández Violante's first feature film, its production was halted due to the events of 1968. Presumably converted into a short film. It is considered lost.

Gayosso Gives Discounts

1968

Frida Kahlo poster
9.0

Short documentary on Frida Kahlo's life, illness, art, love and death.

Frida Kahlo

1971

Frida Kahlo poster
9.0

Short documentary on Frida Kahlo's life, illness, art, love and death.

Frida Kahlo

1971