Er%C3%A9ndira (film)

Irene Papas Cludia Ohana Oliver Wehe

Erndira, a teenaged girl, lives with her eccentric grandmother in a vast, gloomy house in a windswept desert region. Exploited by her grandmother, Erndira must work all day long doing the house chores, until she sleeps walk exhausted. The heartless grandmother lives in her own world, talking to herself and crying uncontrollably with sentimental French songs. One day Erndira is so tired from all the work that she falls sleep without extinguishing the candles. The curtains catch fire accidentally burning the house down to the foundation walls.Having calculated the debt Erndira owes her for the destruction of her home and belongings, the grandmother decides the only way the girl will be able to repay such a vast amount is by prostituting herself. Erndira submits to her fate without a protest and the grandmother does not waste any time trading Erndiras virginity to a local merchant for 250 pesos and three days provisions for their trip. When Erendira resists, the man slaps and rapes her. ........

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