Educated from kindergarden to university at the Sagrado Corazón. To this strict religious education she owes a sense of duty, guilt and pleasure in the prohibited. She studied Arts and Latin American studies. She has lectured on Latin American history as well as having made an illustrious contribution to social sciences. She rediscovers literature – forgotten since her Arts day – when she writes scripts for comics, television and cultural radio, primarily focused in a historic genre, and gradually leans more towards fiction. She is the mother of three precocious daughters. In 1985 she meets Arturo Ripstein and in that same year they write the script for El imperio de la fortuna. Since then they have shared a home and work. Her work as scriptwriter in the films by Ripstein include: Mentiras piadosas (1988), La mujer del puerto (1991), Principio y fin (1993), La reina de la noche (1994), Profundo carmesí (1996), El evangelio de las maravillas (1998), El coronel no tiene quien le escriba (1999), Así es la vida y La perdición de los hombres (2000), La virgen de la lujuria (2002) y El carnaval de Sodoma (2006). She frequently contributes as a scriptwriter adviser for the Course in Development of Latin American Cinematographic Projects (Fundación Carolina/ Casa de Ámerica). Her films have received numerous awards, among them the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival for Profundo Carmesí, the Gold Shell for Best Script at the San Sebastian Film Festival for La Perdición de Los Hombres; first place in the script contest of New Latin American Films for Reina de la Noche; first place in the script contest as part of the Habana Festival for Profundo Carmesí, among many more.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Huesca
