Alex will soon become a father. In a storage room, he discovers deeply disturbing family photographs. Some suggest his mother’s marital infidelity; others indicate his father, a retired officer, was involved in various acts of violence. Alex’s investigation leads him to a town devastated years before by the violence of the Internal Armed Conflict, where he uncovers his true and intricate family album.

A young woman of Peruvian descent born in Spain learns about her grandmother's connection to a very special friend: a skull who called "Manuelita", who has helped protect and guide her throughout a tumultuous life.