José Lomas-Hervert

Potosi, a rural town in Latin America, is the crossfire of the ravaging that has devastated the north of the country. An accident along a deserted road connects three stories, an 82 year old goat herder that has not shot his gun in 40 years, a woman who is a victim of domestic violence and a humble peasant living on guard to protect his family from the country’s war against organized crime.

The young guitarist Rafaelito is supposed to perform at a funeral with two older boys. He’s a little worried because he only knows three tunes.

In the highlands of La Huasteca Potosina, Valente and his grandparents wander the rainy trails daily in hopes of finding his father Ernesto who has been missing for seven years. Life, death and a silent pain will lead Valente to live an encounter where he no longer doubt his language and that long-awaited void.