In a troubled country where a person needs to be either “drunk or crazy” to live, forensic anthropologist Ernesto (Armando Espitia) has been given an assignment that takes him directly to the heart of a nation’s madness. Tasked with exhuming and identifying the remains of the forgotten victims of Guatemala’s devastating, decades-long civil war just as the officers accused of genocide are brought to trial, Ernesto is approached by Nicolasa (Aurelia Caal), an elderly Mayan woman in desperate need of help finding the remains of her husband. After traveling to her mountain village, Ernesto soon discovers that his long-lost father, known simply as “The Boss,” might have been involved in Mateo’s death. Despite warnings to let the dead rest, Ernesto digs deeper, driven by a fervor to uncover the truth, leading to a devastating revelation in this powerful first narrative feature from acclaimed editor and documentarian César Díaz.

Winner: Caméra d'Or, Critics’ Week Society of Authors and Dramatic Composers (SACD), Cannes

In competition for the FIPRESCI Prize and the Ibero-American Award