Baltazar Rodríguez is an outgoing, friendly, and enthusiastic man, owner of a farm by the sea in southern Chile, widower, and father of three adult children whom he sees little, and with whom the relationship has never been good. However, a sudden heart attack causes Baltazar’s world to come to a standstill and family alerts get activated.
Pablo, a 12-year-old boy, receives a scholarship to attend school in the mysterious and isolated Colonia Dignidad established in Chile by German settlers. It seems to be quite a privilege for a kid like him, and he quickly becomes the favourite of the leader of the colony, Uncle Paul. Over time, Pablo witnesses some kind of strange things which happen there and make him act differently than the other students.