A young woman receives a diary as an inheritance from her father, in which he tells her that she must take a trip to Chiapas, a requirement for access to all his possessions.
Aura, Juan, and Evaristo live in San Antonio del Querer, an old town that nobody remembers and nobody comes back to. Aura will try to leave her town and look for a new life elsewhere. She will tries to convince her father and grandfather to leave with her and save them from fading into oblivion.
Camilo, an adolescent rower on a Xochimilco jetty, has his first sexual encounter with another man. One day he thinks he is being discovered by Beto, a colleague from work. When confronted, Camilo accidentally ends up revealing his homosexuality. Not knowing what to do, Camilo reacts violently and decides to flee Xochimilco.
