A photograph and a news story at an inopportune moment form the beginning of a story about love, racism, and persecution centred on the relationship between a journalist (Alicia) and a Kichwa photographer (Sayri). As an Indigenous leader takes up the defence of a community against a mining company, his determination will lead to a personal confrontation with a corrupt high-ranking government official, which will have repercussions on the lives of Alicia and Sayri. The positions taken by the government official and the Indigenous leader show two different conceptions of how to approach life. The official is concerned with development, while the leader fights to defend nature. The couple and the community will pay the price for the outcome of this confrontation.