Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas

2001

Drama

Yessica is a rebellious girl who forms an unlikely friendship with quiet schoolmate Miriam. Yessica's home life is ruled by her brutal stepfather and her amoral stepbrother, Jorge, 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.

"Nobody Hears You"

Rating

7.796
199 votes

Popularity

0.9452

Origin & Countries

MX | es | Netherlands,Mexico

Production

Centro de Capacitación Cinematográfica (CCC),Hubert Bals Fund,Palmera Films,Producciones Tragaluz,Fondo para la Producción Cinematográfica de Calidad

Runtime

90 min.

Status

Released

Release: 3/11/2001

Credits

Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas

Maryse SistachDirector

Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas

Ximena AyalaYessica

Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas

Nancy GutiérrezMiriam

Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas

Arcelia RamírezAlicia, madre de Miriam

Nadie te oye: perfume de violetas

María RojoMadre de Yessica

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Reviews

CinemaSerf

2/19/2025

7 / 10

“Yessica” (Ximena Ayala) is friends at school with “Miriam” (Nancy Gutiérrez) even though the two are really chalk and cheese. The latter is a more restrained lass whilst her friend is more of a boisterous creature. That might be because she lives with her mum and her step-dad and his son “Jorge” (Luis Fernando Peña). Now he’s a total creep and makes an arrangement that will pimp out the young girl to his bus driving mate so he can earn some money for a pair of trainers! Despite the fact that she is taken from the street in broad daylight and assaulted on the floor of his bus, there is no effort made by anyone to bring the culprits to book as she, herself, is so embarrassed by the whole experience that she cannot tell anyone. Her rather toxic method of dealing with things is to become even more emotionally attached to “Miriam” and in so doing she starts to make problems for her friend that causes that girl’s mother (Arcelia Ramírez) to intervene - and that makes the vulnerable girl even more so. This is quite a savage indictment on attitudes of sexual entitlement by a man whose treatment of the young girl is brutal and cavalier. He has no fear of retribution and as the young “Yessica” goes further off the rails the behaviour of the truly odious brother becomes quite sickeningly effective. That she is violently robbed of her innocence is tragic enough; the fact that she has no recourse to seek help, solace and/or legal redress is punchily portrayed here by a potent performance from Ayala and an unpleasant, under-your-fingernails, one from Peña. It’s not a graphic film, but the message is writ large and offers a thought provoking critique of innate and obnoxious societal attitudes to sex.

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