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María Luisa Bemberg

María Luisa Bemberg

Directing
14 Apr 1922
07 May 1995
Buenos Aires, Argentina

Biography

María Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 – May 7, 1995) was an Argentine film writer, director and actress. She was one of the first Argentine female directors with a powerful presence both in the filmmaking and the intellectual world of Latin America, particularly during her most active period, from 1970 to 1990. In her work, she specialized in portraying famous Argentinian women and exploring issues of class and gender. Bemberg rejected being labelled a feminist, stating it was a bourgeois ideolog...

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María Luisa Bemberg

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