Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Fantasy | July 6, 2012

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.

Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo

110 mins | Drama, Crime, Fantasy | July 6, 2012

Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo
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.
Producers Centro Nacional Autónomo de Cinematografía (CNAC)
Original title Wayúu: La Niña de Maracaibo
Directors Rafael Valera, Jeissy Trompiz, Miguel Curiel
Writers Miguel Curiel