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La Llorona.
I heard of ‘La Kenefic’ long before I ever met her. Actress turned
guerrillera, turned Tai Chi instructor, turned film star, Margarita Kenefic has a reputation for creating epic drama on stage and screen. As she inches towards 70 her first foray into film, in Jayro Bustamante’s award-winning film
La Llorona, has won her international recognition for her role as the inscrutable wife of a General found guilty of committing genocide during Guatemala’s brutal internal armed conflict (1960-1996).
La Llorona’
It was not until I took my first Tai Chi class in 2016 that I finally met ‘La Kenefic’ face to face. Taller than the average Guatemalan, with a mane of silver hair reaching to her waist, Margarita has a commanding presence both on and off the stage. She took no notice of me at first, just another foreign do-gooder, and I was shy to approach, more than a little intimidated by the martial arts expert. A mutual friend introduced us and we discovered the