Emilia finds an escape from her reality through visions she experiences when in contact with a mythical river that her father Eliseo, the "curandero" of their village, forbids her to get in.
A painter obsessed with preserving all her memories is confronted with the most painful one yet, and struggles between keeping it alive or learning to let it go.
Going through his memories, Adrian faces a series of feelings and family difficulties linked to the lack of support he receives throughout his life from his father, towards his choice to be a theater actor.