Enrica Pérez

Directing

Enrica Pérez

Lima, Peru, 1976. Enrica Pérez Matos studied Communication Sciences. Her short film "Taxista" (2007) won several awards, including Best Fiction Short Film and Best Narrative Short Film in Peru and New York. She also received the Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director and the Someone to Watch Award from CineWomen NY. In 2008, she enrolled at the French film school La Fémis and filmed her la…

Known For

ClimasClimas · 2015
Climas
4.32015
MovieDrama
Three women of vastly differing ages and origins cope with life in three distinct regions of Peru. Eva, a young girl from the lush tropics of the Amazonian jungle, experiences a sexual awakening by way of a forbidden relationship with her uncle. Victoria, a wealthy socialite from Lima, suffers a terrible secret that renders her inner life as gray and melancholic as the city surrounding her. Zoraida, an elderly peasant from a destitute village in the Andean Mountains, confronts her worst fears in the wake of the unexpected return of her estranged son. Three unconnected regions, three introverted women, three stories of discovery shaped by three different geographies, societies and climates of the same fragmented country.
Zulen and IZulen and I · 2022
Zulen and I
2.02022
MovieDramaRomance
Today, after not seeing his beloved Zulen in years, Dora comes face to face with him.
Ramón and RamónRamón and Ramón · 2025
Ramón and Ramón
6.82025
MovieDrama
During the COVID-19 lockdown in Lima, Ramón, a gay man in his thirties, receives the ashes of his estranged father. Unable to hold a funeral, he sets out to return the remains to his father’s native village of Mito. Along the way, he meets Mateo, a striking traveler grounded by the pandemic. Despite curfews, masks, and distancing, an unexpected bond forms. They dance, laugh, and grow attuned to each other’s presence, their closeness charged with quiet intimacy and unspoken possibility. As they journey into the Andean highlands, Ramón is drawn not only to Mateo but also to a deeper confrontation with grief, memory, and the hope of healing.
TaxistaTaxista · 2007
Taxista
2007
MovieDrama
A cab driver struggles to survive in the city of Lima working as a cab driver to improve his difficult economic situation, but realizing that things are not improving, he becomes involved in a clandestine business.

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