Maryse Sistach

Marisa Sistach né Marysa Sistach Peret born September 10 1952 is a Mexican film director Her films address themes of femininity and womens issues She attended and graduated from el Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica in Mexico City a film school founded by Mexicos National Council for Culture and Arts According to Elissa Rashkin Sistach was among a movement in the late 1980s of innovative female directors in Mexican cinematic history along with Maria Novaro Busi Cortés Guita Schyfter and Dana Rotberg This movement was described as being coming to terms with the past with the past in images with the past in the history of the country the acknowledgement of ones own sensitivity romanticism recovered in a feminist way and the emergence of magic realism as denaturalization of womens world as a way of making representation visible Her first film was short liveaction piece Y si Platicamos de Agosto in 1980 for which she won an Ariel Mexican Academy Award Other films she has directed include Perfume de violetas 2001 El cometa 1999 Anoche soñé contigo 1992 Los pasos de Ana 1990 La niña en la piedra 2006 and Los Crímenes de Mar del Norte 2017 Description above from the Wikipedia article Marisa Sistach Peret licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia