En la región de la Araucanía, en medio de montaas y bosques amenazados por la explotación forestal, una familia mapuche lucha por preservar su cultura y sus formas de vida. Tres generaciones de mujeres indígenas - abuela, hija y nieta - se encontrarán en una cruzada por defender la naturaleza de la industria extractiva y la grave crisis socioambiental que viven.
Chile 1980, under military dictatorship. Three young people meet, become friends, and together uphold the "Independent Republic." This is a utopian concept for a better world conceived by Guillermo, one of the three friends, as a reaction to the savage capitalism imposed by the dictatorship. The other two characters, Fernando and Isabel eventually marry. Al three characters' pr...
When the Chilean officials lift the ban on harvesting the shellfish "el loco" (which purportedly is an aphrodisiac) in the seaside village of Puerto Gala greed and lust take hold. Greed is embodied by Carlos Maldonato, "El Canuto," who attempts to buy all of the shellfish for a Japanese company, and by a traveling band of prostitutes that accompany the influx of fishermen. El C...