Born in La Plata (Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina) in 1981, Citarella graduated as a Film Director from Universidad del Cine. Since 2005, she has been part of the El Pampero Cine production company, along with Mariano Llinás, Alejo Moguillansky and Agustín Mendilaharzu. She directed films such as Ostende (2011), La mujer de los perros (2015, codirected with Verónica Llinás, and Las poetas visitan a Juana Bignozzi (2019), codirected with Mercedes Halfon. Trenque Lauquen is her forth film. Citarella has also made a name for herself as one of the most prestigious independent movie producers in Argentina. Her production work includes, among others, Mariano Llinás’s Historias extraordinarias and La flor.