"Who the Hell is Juliette?"
1997
Directed by Carlos Marcovich

Winner of the Latin America Cinema Award from the Sundance Film Festival, Director Carlos Marcovich infuses this true-life story with plenty of visual pizzazz  and structural playfulness. A bold film, partly a documentary and partly a carefully constructed narrative, 16-year-old Juliet Ortega presents herself and her world proudly to the camera. Free-spirited, yet street-wise from her childhood in a Havana barrio, she knows how to use her sexual wiles and is unashamed about prostituting herself, which she sees simply as a matter of survival. A meeting with Mexican model Fabiola Quiroz opens doors to a possible new, and far more glamorous, life for her. Actress/model Selma Hayek also appears in the film. Spanish with English subtitles.
91 minutes.