Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

Jul 6, 2012

1h 50m

★ 4.0

Overview

A detective, goes from Spain to the Venezuelan Guajira, hired by the king of Wuayuus, to protect her, Niña de Maracaibo (wife of King, who belongs to an aristocratic family in the city) the detective tries to discover a conspiracy greater than initially imagined. Where he is only one piece in a plot which mixes smuggling, power struggles and tribal magic. The clash of two opposite visions, the 'Western' Spanish researcher, and the 'native' the Wuayuu original owners of Caribbean, converts this format film apparently 'police' in a thesis film revealing the mystery of the still existing singular South American identity.

Genres

Fantasy

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC)

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Cast

Daniel Alvarado

Karina Velásquez

Asier Hernández

Junior Berrio Gallardo

Divines Palmar

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Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

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