Eleven-year-old Lucía’s family lives a precarious life in Lake Coatepeque in El Salvador. So precarious that her sister was sold to a woman for $80. Lucía has spent most of her young life selling candy, fruit or any other product to help her family make ends meet. Lucía returns home one day to find that her remaining siblings were taken away and that her mother and neighbors are reluctant to talk about it. She begins a journey in search of them in this devastating and beautiful documentary about children’s rights.
The Fishes Within
Director
Brenda Venegas
Year
El Salvador
Duration
80m
Country
2021