
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
6.0After 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
The daily experiences of a girl focused on her family problems
Blue
1966
7.0Get to know the work of some women who were part of the first generations of one of the most important filmmaking schools in the world.
Pioneers
2014
Student short film. Unknown plot.
La Perse
1967
6.4Subjugated by power, the workers of a mining town organize clandestinely.
'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!
1981
Student short film. Unknown plot
The Ball
1967
Film credits
Behind the camera
6.0After 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
6.0After 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
The daily experiences of a girl focused on her family problems
Blue
1966
The daily experiences of a girl focused on her family problems
Blue
1966
Student short film. Unknown plot.
La Perse
1967
6.4Subjugated by power, the workers of a mining town organize clandestinely.
'Ora sí ¡tenemos que ganar!
1981
Student short film. Unknown plot
The Ball
1967
7.2A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work.
Mystery
1980
7.2A soap opera actor is mixed in a real drama very similar to what he represents in his work.
Mystery
1980
6.0A 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
6.0A 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
9.0Through 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
9.0Through 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
5.7During 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
5.7During 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
6.3Analytical 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
6.3Analytical 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
6.3A taxi driver goes missing after driving a passenger out of town.
Nocturnal Love that Goes Away
1987
6.3A taxi driver goes missing after driving a passenger out of town.
Nocturnal Love that Goes Away
1987
6.1Based 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
6.1Based 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
5.8Documentary 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
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
9.0Short documentary on Frida Kahlo's life, illness, art, love and death.
Frida Kahlo
1971
9.0Short documentary on Frida Kahlo's life, illness, art, love and death.
Frida Kahlo
1971

