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Marilú Mallet

Marilú Mallet (born 1944) is a Chilean-Canadian film essayist who was exiled to Canada in the 1970s. Like Angelina Vásquez in Finland and Valeria Sarmiento in France, she is notable as one of the first Chilean women film directors, producing much of her work in exile.

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Marilú Mallet

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Born
1944 · Santiago.
Nationality
Canada · Chile
Occupation
film director · writer
Education
University of Chile · Université de Montréal
Honours
Guggenheim Fellowship
Languages
English · Spanish

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Marilú Mallet (born 1944) is a Chilean-Canadian film essayist who was exiled to Canada in the 1970s. Like Angelina Vásquez in Finland and Valeria Sarmiento in France, she is notable as one of the first Chilean women film directors, producing much of her work in exile.

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