埃伦迪拉年仅15岁，和她的奶奶住在拉丁美洲的荒漠地带。祖孙俩本来应该是相依为命的，但奶奶生性凶恶，对年幼的埃伦迪拉经常加以责难。一天，埃伦迪拉在点蜡烛时不慎引起火灾，百万比索的家产付之一炬。凶残的奶奶居然逼迫埃伦迪拉以卖淫来偿还她所造成的损失。后来，埃伦迪拉遇到一个年轻小伙子，两个人产生感情相爱了。勇敢的恋人为爱情承担起了责任，把埃伦迪拉救出了火坑，从此逃脱了奶奶的魔掌，过上了幸福的生活。

While Erendira, a beautiful teenage girl, has a surreal mystical vision, her grandmother's house catches on fire and burns to the ground. Her grandmother holds Erendira responsible and, in order to extract restitution from the girl, forces her into prostitution. Erendira's surreal mystical experiences continue while her grandmother grows rich from exploiting her.

La triste et baroque histoire de la candide Erendira, prostituée par sa grand-mere severe et diabolique. Une fable cruelle et flamboyante du fameux auteur de "Cent ans de solitude".