The Story
'And I think I can glimpse terrible things everywhere, things hidden at the time, invisible, as though childhood was a chamber of horrors I wandered through, innocent and unaware, in my coat and patent shoes, the prettiest girl of the day.'
When a military dictatorship takes hold of her home country, young Marisol flees into the night with her family. Seeking refuge, she and her parents reside in a refugee camp in the hope of being granted asylum abroad.
Told through fragments from Marisol’s childhood and adult years, Chiquitita is loosely based on Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’s own experience of fleeing Chile. A haunting story of displacement and trauma, but equally of hope and love in spite of adversity.
Description
'And I think I can glimpse terrible things everywhere, things hidden at the time, invisible, as though childhood was a chamber of horrors I wandered through, innocent and unaware, in my coat and patent shoes, the prettiest girl of the day.'
When a military dictatorship takes hold of her home country, young Marisol flees into the night with her family. Seeking refuge, she and her parents reside in a refugee camp in the hope of being granted asylum abroad.
Told through fragments from Marisol’s childhood and adult years, Chiquitita is loosely based on Pedro Carmona-Alvarez’s own experience of fleeing Chile. A haunting story of displacement and trauma, but equally of hope and love in spite of adversity.
