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Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

2012•1h 50m•3.5/10
FantasyDramaCrime

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3.5/10(4)

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.

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Production

Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC)

Language

ES

Status

Released

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Cast

Daniel Alvarado

Daniel Alvarado

Karina Velásquez

Karina Velásquez

Asier Hernández

Asier Hernández

Junior Berrio Gallardo

Divines Palmar

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