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Wayuu: La nia de Maracaibo
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Wikipedia article
'Wayuu: La nia de Maracaibo' is a 2012 Venezuelan crime film directed by Miguel Curiel and starring Daniel Alvarado, Karina Velzquez and Asier Hernndez. The film premiered in New York City in August 2005, and it opened in other countries, including Venezuela later that year.
Plot
The film centers about the impossible love between Gamero, the King of the Guajiros (Daniel Alvarado) and Chiquinquir (Karina Velzquez), who decide to live their passional adventure, which is forbidden because he is a wayuu and she is an 'alijuna' (non-wayuu). In order to protect the life of Chiquinquir, Gamero hires Alatriste (Asier Hernndez), a Basque detective[http://www.acn.com.ve/portal/variedades/artes-espectaculos/item/51192-wayuu-la-ni%C3%B1a-de-maracaibo-revela-los-secretos WAYUU: La nia de Maracaibo, revela los secretos] . Agencia Carabobea de Noticias . with a past that torments him.
Production
Most of the filming was done in the region of La Guajira, in the north of the venezuelan state of Zulia, where the wayuu people live.
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