Sebastián Salfate

Niña Hermosa is the story of a place—the edge of a road— that links a family tragedy, religious culture, infrastructural change, and erasure. This film, almost entirely visual, observes the past four years of an animita (shrines memorializing devastating deaths) dedicated to a young woman who is now considered miraculous.⁠

Adrián (12), the son of a Venezuelan domestic worker, goes on an outing with the children of his mother’s employers. They get lost in the forest. Back at home, Adrián feels ostracized from the rest. This feeling leads him through a dreamy and voyeuristic journey of belonging.

Niña Hermosa is the story of a place—the edge of a road— that links a family tragedy, religious culture, infrastructural change, and erasure. This film, almost entirely visual, observes the past four years of an animita (shrines memorializing devastating deaths) dedicated to a young woman who is now considered miraculous.⁠

Adrián (12), the son of a Venezuelan domestic worker, goes on an outing with the children of his mother’s employers. They get lost in the forest. Back at home, Adrián feels ostracized from the rest. This feeling leads him through a dreamy and voyeuristic journey of belonging.

Adrián (12), the son of a Venezuelan domestic worker, goes on an outing with the children of his mother’s employers. They get lost in the forest. Back at home, Adrián feels ostracized from the rest. This feeling leads him through a dreamy and voyeuristic journey of belonging.