Bastien returns to the place where she spent her childhood, that happy time when she fell in love with Juan, the maid’s son. Juan and Bastien establish a star-crossed love and hasten events that will lead her family to make dramatic decisions and put an end to a romance that oversteps accepted standards.
No final da década de 1940, um inspetor (Gael García Bernal) persegue o poeta chileno Pablo Neruda (Luis Gnecco), ganhador do Prêmio Nobel, por ter se juntado ao Partido Comunista.