Dario
Maria vive com a filha, Teresa, a poucos quilômetros da fronteira entre o Chile e a Argentina. Dez anos se passaram desde a última vez em que Maria fez um trabalho sazonal. Ela decide aceitar esse serviço novamente, a fim de juntar dinheiro suficiente para ir morar com o irmão na capital. Ela não sabe, no entanto, que vai enfrentar seu passado não resolvido.
Professor Ulmenes
A man’s enthusiasm turns into greed and causes trouble for his family.
Chilean soldiers try to survive in the desert after they are attacked by Peruvian troops. The 17 survivors are held together by the Captain. The Lieutenant is a civilian attorney who clashes with the Captain as he pursues the valuable rights to nitrate deposits in the area. When the fighting was over, 25,000 soldiers from Chile, Peru and Bolivia had perished while trying to secure the coveted mineral rights for foreign companies.
