Off Set 2018 TIFF Portrait Series: The Good Girls

Her feature debut Semana Santa was selected for the 2015 edition of TIFF, and so it was a special homecoming of sorts for her sophomore feature The Good Girls (Las niñas bien) to be selected among the dozen titles for TIFF’s Platform programme. Part of a new generation of auteur Mexican filmmakers; Alejandra Márquez Abella has a background in docu film and here delves into 1980’s upper middle class crust guided by a precision details in the decor and even sleight of hand glances in the performances. Here is our photo shoot with the filmmaker (look for our interview shortly) and actress Ilse Salas of Alonso Ruizpalacios’ Güeros fame.

Alejandra Márquez Abella, THE GOOD GIRLS / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA

Ilse Salas, THE GOOD GIRLS / Photo © Marie France L’Ecuyer IONCINEMA