A Spanish noblewoman and an Indigenous man run for their lives—and into each other's arms. Colonialism gets complicated.
Late sixteenth century. A Tameme Indian man and a noble Spanish woman flee through the forests of the New World in search of freedom. Their frantic journey softens the tension between them and dissolves their longstanding differences and creates intimate bonds that threaten their very survival.
Cinematography
Dense jungle shots that swallow characters whole—nature as antagonist.
Acting
Valverde and García Rojas communicate entire histories in loaded silences.
Director
Alan Jonsson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tenoch Huerta appears in a supporting role years before his international breakthrough in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Narcos: Mexico.
Director Alan Jonsson deliberately avoided subtitles for Nahuatl dialogue, forcing Spanish-speaking audiences into the same linguistic displacement as colonial subjects.
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