Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.
Francisco Febres Cordero
Miguel
María Gracia Omegna
Elena
Juan Carlos Terán
César
Marco Bustos
Galo
Mauricio Samaniego
Arturo
Christoph Baumann
Reiner
Andrés Crespo
Zambrano
Tamara Navas
Hortensia
Alfredo Espinosa
Ministro
Elena comes back to Ecuador to help her father overcome his illness. She spends most of her time between drugs and alcohol. While visiting her grandpa in the Andes Elena gets involved in the fight for water access in an indigenous community. She gradually understands that among family secrets, corruption and dark perversions commitment and beauty can emerge.
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