Santiago returns home from the Peruvian army ill-prepared to cope with the realities of life. Haunted by his violent military past, he is conflicted by his desire for education and his temptation to join his comrades in a decadent life of crime.

Yuli desperately observes on her bed the corpse that hours before had been her client, without knowing that under it is hidden a suitcase full of dollars that would be the salvation of her only daughter, victim of a serious illness.

It's 1943. Santiago, a young mathematician, travels through the Peruvian desert with an aging supporter of Nazi ideology and a driver with a sordid past. An unusual journey that will change his perspective on life.