There are two months to the end of High School Spanish classes in Lisbon and it's time to decide the destination for the end of year trip. That decision will cause a real "Civil War" between two irreconcilable groups: the "class nerd", who propose the typical cultural trip to Paris, and "freeloaders" who prefer to enjoy the week in Benidorm, the "New York's Costa Blanca ".
North Sudan, summer 1923. King Alfonso XIII of Spain captures an enormous African elephant, an apparently irrelevant act that, however, will be paramount to understand the Spain of 20th century; an animal from far lands that will become a symbol of the Second Spanish Republic, the communist movement and many other things; a royal hunting that marks the beginning of a bizarre story of jealousy, passion, political intrigues and taxidermy.
Lucas Santos, named El Santo is petty thief going continuously in and out of jail. Tired of small thefts, he aims to strike a blow that makes him famous and become the star of all media. His wife Lucia, a comprehensive and sweet woman, while awaiting the return of her husband, works as a stripper at a nightclub. Finally, Lucas gathers a band of petty thieves and decides to steal, from the National Museum of Art Reina Sofía, its most valuable painting: Picasso's Guernica.
Na cidade de El Idílio, na margem de um pequeno afluente do rio Amazonas, vive Antonio Bolivar (Richard Dreyfuss). Vivendo a maior parte de sua vida recluso na floresta, Bolivar descobre uma paixão pelos livros românticos o qual compartilha com Josefina (Cathy Tyson). Seus interesses comuns acabam os aproximando cada vez mais. Em meio diso, os colonos passam a invadir a floresta, matando os filhotes de um jaguar e perturbando o frágil equilíbrio entre o homem e a natureza. Assim começa uma caminhada, uma aventura, um duelo perigoso.
