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Television · 1997

A Woman's Glance

Mirada de mujer

When her husband of twenty-seven years abandons her for a younger woman, a fifty-year-old Mexico City homemaker rebuilds her independent life and begins a romance with a younger journalist.

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  • It addressed taboo subjects such as un-glorified male infidelity, menopause, female sexual awakening, guilt-free divorce, and age-gap love. It opened up a national conversation on women's emotional autonomy, midlife crisis, and the notion that "you are never too old to begin anew."
    Reyna Avendaño Domínguez on El Universal
  • At that time, the teledrama stirred widespread debate and secured the cover of Time magazine in its Latin American edition. Back then, people noted that the telenovela was charting a new course: casting aside the sugary romantic style to embrace realism and deeper reflection.
    From Proceso
  • And while La usurpadora remains an undisputed classic, Mirada de mujer attained a genuinely special stature in our collective imagination. It is sacred, as untouchable as Cuna de lobos, El extraño retorno de Diana Salazar, or Los ricos también lloran. Nothing and nobody will ever be better. Absolutely nothing and nobody!
    Álvaro Cueva on Milenio

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