Miguel regresa a su tierra natal con ilusión, dispuesto a presentar la película que protagoniza en un festival de cine local. Su corazón anhela el aplauso atronador de sus admiradores, pero la realidad puede ser muy distinta. En este conmovedor ensayo, nos adentramos en las formas matizadas de la soledad, incluso en compañía.

In a small town in Patagonia (Southern Argentina), a Mapuche Indian chief sets a tourist complex under construction on fire. He denies all attempts to defend himself. Locked up, he waits for the arrival of "Caleuche," the Ship (Nave) of Fools (de los locos), a mythical figure of his ancestral strength which "made" him start the fire. An appointed lawyer (a white woman) comes to the chief's defence, alleging the chief had acted in self-defense as the white man was building commercial structures on the sacred burial grounds of his ancestors, and continued doing so even after heated protests.