In Santa Fe de Tierra Firme, an imaginary Latin American country, the indigenous dictator Santos Banderas rules with an iron fist. A group of rebels trying to seize power by force while some liberals try a change of government legally.
Juan is now in his fifties, has a protruding belly, dyes his hair gray and lives alone with a cat who has urinary problems, but despite this, women still find him attractive.
Ali grapples with shame and grief as he deals with the aftermath of his estranged sister committing suicide. He is torn between telling the truth about what happened to his family and community or lying to avoid shame and scandal in his surrounding.
