 She believed that Argentine men suffered from great insecurity and Latin American films portrayed women poorly, and wanted to change what she felt was an uninteresting image of women in Latin American cinema.She founded her own production company, GEA, with Lita Stantic and directed her first film, "Momentos", which was self-financed, in 1981.Among her films, she wrote and directed "Señora de nadie" in 1982, "Camila" in 1984 (about the persecution and execution of a priest and his lover ordered by Argentine military officer and politician Juan Manuel de Rosas and nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film), "Miss Mary" in 1986 (featuring British actress Julie Christie), and "Yo, la peor de todas" in 1990 (about the life of Juana Inés de la Cruz, with French actress Dominique Sanda, Argentine actor Héctor Alterio and Spanish actress Assumpta Serna).