Marilú Mallet
Biography
Marilú Mallet (born in Santiago 1944) is a Chilean film essayist. She went into exile in Canada in the 1970s, as did Angelina Vasquez in Finland and Valeria Sarmiento in France. She is one of the first female Chilean filmmakers, producing much of her work in exile.
Known For & Full Filmography3 Titles
Movie - 1982, 2h 15m • as The filmmaker
In this heartwarming docudrama, Chilean immigrant Marilú Mallet strives to make a film about her experience of deep isolation. Her English-speaking husband, a prominent film director, criticizes her subjective approach to filmmaking; her young son, raised in Quebec, speaks only French. Interviews with Isabel Allende and other Chilean exiles reveal a deep bond in this powerful and resonant film about language and genre, exile and immigration.
Movie - 2000, 2h 15m • Main Cast Role
The painter María Luisa Señoret paints a portrait of her filmmaker daughter, while the latter films the process and walks among the canvases hanging on the walls of her mother’s studio. These movements become a pretext for a journey back in time that unveils the many twists and turns of Señoret’s eventful life.
Movie - 1985, 2h 15m • as Voice
Ten-year-old Sébastiana recounts the history and legends and explains the local customs of Andahuaylillas, Peru, a small village located high in the Andes. Their simpler way of life has persisted for over three centuries, undisturbed by modern society's technology and materialism.