I already had a team, there were those that were going to do the photography, others the art direction, Eugenio (Prado) was going to be in charge of the technical part, and I was going to be in charge of the direction and production. I called Sonia Llosa; we were friends and had worked together on several things. That is how the group was formed, and we decided to make the film. As well as the investigation, I talked to a lot of girls, I interviewed several girls from the theatre cafes in Miraflores and from the TV programs. Then, I interviewed Clarita Castaña, she is out of this world, she is very intelligent, she was very generous, and we made the movie with her.”
Interview with Rosa María Álvarez Gil carried out by Sara Lucía Guerrero, Illary Orccottoma and Lorena Best during the ‘Usted de nuevo señorita’ 2021 project.
An alumna of the University of Lima, Rosa María Álvarez Gil is currently active as a producer of different film projects. She is a very versatile filmmaker that has collaborated on films by various directors since the 1980s. Her short film Luna de almendra (1990), is a pioneer in Peruvian cinema, as it portrays the agency of the vedettes, relating to films with a similar agenda, such as Un sueño como de colores (1973) made in Chile by Valeria Sarmiento.
The bio-filmografía of Alvarez is available on the online archive ‘Rebeldes y Valientes’ co-ordinated by Gabriela Yepes.
Clarita Castaña, protagonista de Luna de Almendra (1981)