年迈的作家潘乔·维罗索回到家乡追忆往昔、寻找写作灵感，在儿时好友重聚和回忆的双线叙事中，一群人的命运、一个时代的画卷徐徐展开。影片采用第一人称，过去和现在双线交织的叙事手法，用如诗如画的影像和语言展现了智利的乡村，以及一代人是如何在传统和现代的冲击中成长的。</p>

　　The elderly caretaker of a remote morgue possesses an impeccable memory for everything but names. He passes his days showing corpses to those searching for their lost ones and tending to his beloved plants. When protest in a nearby city …