Albertina and the Deaths

Albertina sells flowers in the cemetery of San Miguel de Azapa (Chile), a small town built on indigenous tombs. For half a century, she has commanded traditions that seek to achieve prosperity for the living by keeping her relationship with the dead on good terms. The death of this matriarch triggers a series of rites that her family and friends carefully observe. Thus the community seeks to ensure a good dispatch of the soul of their “grandmother” and preserve the traditions that she promoted.