Paz played Cheba , the lead role in '' La Tirisia '' , a film written , produced , and directed by Jorge Pérez Solano ( 2014 ) . The plot , inspired by a popular term '' tirisia '' ( which means " a perpetual sadness defined as ' the death of the spirit ' " ) , is set in the Mixteca region of Mexico , and centers on two women ( Paz and Gabriela Cartol ) who were impregnated by Sylvestre ( Gustavo Sánchez Parra ) . When Cheba 's estranged husband returns to town , he finds her sunk into a deep depression since she had to give away her newborn ( Sylvestre 's child ) . About the film , Paz said to '' Diario de Xalapa '' : " It is a very well-written story that required characters with depth ; when I read it , it brought me great joy and made me say ' I want to watch this ' . The first time I watched it I was shocked ; it left a lump in my throat . It is beautiful " . The film was not exhibited in commercial movie theaters in Mexico because distribution was too expensive . Instead , '' La Tirisia '' was screened at film festivals such as the Chicago International Film Festival , Thessaloniki International Film Festival , and the Toulouse Latinoamerican Film Festival , and later had a month-and-a-half stretch at the Mexican art house Cineteca Nacional . Paz commented about it : " It is not very fair . We do not have the same resources that the big production companies have , and we do n't have the same possibilities for making films . It is very difficult to produce a project and know that there is not a fair distribution and exhibition of these films "
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Thessaloniki International Film Festival
Adriana Paz