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The natural landscape of Colombia’s Río Cauca Valley, with its mountains, forests, and rivers, has been reshaped and transformed for colonial hydroelectric production. Uprooted by the pursuit of profit, a community celebrates a fascinating ritual to remember and mourn its territory, contributing its own images and sounds to the film’s visual and audio stream.
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Alfonso is an old farmer who has returned home to tend to his son, who is gravely ill. He rediscovers his old house, where the woman who was once his wife still lives, with his daughter-in-law and grandson. The landscape that awaits him resembles a wasteland. Vast sugar cane plantations surround the house, producing perpetual clouds of ash. 17 years after abandoning them, Alfonso tries to fit back in and save his family.

Dominique, a well-trained assassin, flees from her troubled past in an attempt to begin a new life in South America. However, she soon finds herself in a town plagued with violence and corruption. Facing brutal attacks from the police and mafia, Dominique must decide whether to protect herself or an innocent family that has taken her in.