A young man has returned to his mother's native country. His aunt sends him off to find the worst man in the whole land and plead to him, so he could save his ailing grandfather's life. On his journey he finds peculiar things, song, death, courage and love.

Moving from adolescence into adulthood is proving difficult for young Selena. Broke, unemployed and still living with her mother in their hometown, she deals with her problems in her own, chaotic way.