PROJECT SUMMARY:

LUISA (30s), an earthy mother and tenant farmer, struggles to move the body of a lifeless man in the middle of the night. The story begins here and then jumps back to earlier that day. Luisa wakes up and starts her day at sunrise while her husband, CASIMIRO (40s), stumbles home drunk. Luisa goes about her day with a secret -- she and her daughter, ROSARIO (13), are running away to live on the mainland. Complications arise after Casimiro takes his daughter on a walk near the caves and an unexpected visit from the patrón, DAMIÁN (50s), brings unwelcome attention. The story unfolds between two timelines: the day leading up to a murder and what unfolds immediately after it -- slowly revealing the details of who was murdered, how, and why while Luisa works desperately to escape.