Based on the novel by Antonio Di Benedetto written in 1956, on Don Diego de Zama, a Spanish officer of the seventeenth century settled in Asunción, who awaits his transfer to Buenos Aires.

Mariana is 42 years old, and a member of the Chilean upper class that takes privilege for granted. Scorned by her father and neglected by her husband, Mariana occupies her days with fertility treatments, running an art gallery and learning to...