Violet Perfume (2001) is director Marisa Sistach's exploration of the experiences of women and girls in super-macho Mexico City. Ximena Ayala is Yessica, a young, moody outsider who has been expelled from school for slapping the principal. She lives in poverty with her dim-bulb mama, who lets herself be controlled by a real boor of a husband. The boor has a boy, and … Become a Mr Skin Member and get the full review