Jaime Morales

Cuba, summer of 1994. In the midst of período especial, one of the greatest crises in the country’s history, thousands of Cuban rafters try to reach the United States illegally, never sure if they’ll make it out alive. With holidays starting, Carlos plunges into a carefree August, wandering around with his friends and falling in love for the first time. Little does he know about the country’s uncertain future, and in this hot summer, the world of Carlos will turn upside down.

Upon a small property in a Colombian field, a woman's ambitions against a defenceless girl result in the woman's death. As tradition, the funeral is carried out in the small house. The girl lives alone, and is accompanied only by few nearby neighbours. With great fear for the dead one, without light and without any communication, the night arrives, and at the same time the solitude. The girl suspects that the woman's bad intentions have not yet passed on...