How does one make art from a terrifying history of organized violence? Jayro Bustamante faces such a challenge in choosing how to convey the brutal Guatemalan reality in this cinematic masterpiece.

An aging paranoid war criminal, protected by his faithful wife, faces death while being haunted by the ghosts of his past.

Reviews
"An engrossing interpretation of the famous folk legend... Magical realism evinces how indigenous victims remain profoundly impacted by the army’s counterinsurgency and how perpetrators have repressed their guilt." —Not Even Past