Violet Perfume: Nobody Hears You

(2001)

★ 7.9 IMDb · 237 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 2001

Runtime: 89 мин

Country: Netherlands, Mexico

Director: Maryse Sistach

Cast: Ximena Ayala, Nancy Gutiérrez, Арселия Рамирес, María Rojo, Luis Fernando Peña, Gabino Rodríguez, Pablo Delgado, Eligio Meléndez, Rosario Zúñiga, Soledad González

Plot

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.

A poignant and moving urban drama, focusing on the growing problem of sexual assault in Mexico City. Director Sistach fictionalizes the true story of a friendship between two adolescent girls which is torn apart when one of them is brutally raped. Rebellious tomboy Yessica is frequently in trouble at school and at home, with its lower middle-class limitations. She is always at odds with her mother, bullying stepfather, and despicable stepbrother, Jorge. Then Jorge strikes a deal with a friend, helping the man trap Yessica and rape her, in exchange for money. Terrified and ashamed of the attack, Yessica remains silent, seeking comfort in her friendship with innocent and childlike Miriam, from a more stable home, though reared by a poor single mother. Tragedy unfolds as Yessica increasingly relies on Miriam and begins to get the naive girl into trouble, until Miriam finds she is no longer in control of her fate.