Emerging from a Mexican cinematic lineage-his father Gregorio Walerstein was a noted producer and screenwriter-Mauricio Walerstein built his craft in the shadow of family expertise before establishing a prolific career largely in Venezuela. Between 1971 and 2014 he directed seventeen films, with early works such as the 1973 adaptation of Miguel Otero Silva’s novel Cuando quiero llorar no lloro gai…
