Zürich, Switzerland
Lucila Balzaretti (registered at birth as Lucila Balzaretti Openzeller, also known as Lucila Alarcón; Zurich, Switzerland, August 21, 1920 - Puntarenas, Costa Rica, February 13, 2012) was a Swiss actress and journalist. She participated in the theater group La Linterna Mágica under the direction of Ignacio Retes. She ventured into journalism by writing a film column in the newspaper El Popular and in the magazine México al día, where José Revueltas and other writers also collaborated. In 1942, while preparing a report on the play El inspector, then directed by Seki Sano, she met Ignacio Retes, whom she married two years later. In 1946 she participated in the founding of La Linterna Mágica and made her debut as an actress in the play Mariana Pineda (1946) under the pseudonym of Lucila Alarcón. Shortly after, she acted in Los zorros (1946), Israel (1948) and Santa Juana (1948), all directed by Retes himself. Later she left her stage name to continue appearing as Lucila Balzaretti in the plays El aria de la locura (1953), Terminal (Bus stop), Una ciudad para vivir (1954), La feria distante (1955), A media luz los tres (1957) and Nacida ayer (1958), among others. She also had a brief participation in one of the revivals of A Streetcar Named Desire, a Seki Sano version. She was the mother of film director Gabriel Retes, with whom she participated in the films Chin Chin el teporocho, El bulto, Flores de Papel, Arresto domiciliario.
as Esposa de Banquero (uncredited)

1977
as Sra. Ramírez
1997

as Esposa de Banquero (uncredited)
1977

as Conchita
1979

as Mama Febre
1996

1978

as Grandma
1992

1978

as Union Delegate
1995

1976

as La maestra
1989

as Luisa
1998
as Vecina
1996

as Lucila
2008

as Luisa
1998
as Sra. Ramírez
1997

as Vecina
1996

as Mama Febre
1996

as Union Delegate
1995

as Grandma
1992

as La maestra
1989

as La vieja
1984

as Conchita
1979

1978

1978

as Esposa de Banquero (uncredited)
1977

1977

1976

1973

1973