While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in order to extract restitution from the girl, forces her into prostitution. Erendira's surreal mystical experiences continue while her grandmother grows rich from exploiting her.


Erendira (1983)
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Irene Papas
Grandmother Amadis

Claudia Ohana
Erendira

Michael Lonsdale
Senator Onésimo Sanchez

Oliver Wehe
Ulysses

Blanca Guerra
Ulysses' mother

Ernesto Gómez Cruz
Grocer

Delia Casanova
Narrator (voice)