A story set in Uruguay in 1993. It revolves around an investigation by a law court lawyer, Julia. She's looking into the possibility that a chemist named Eugenio Barrios is being secretly sheltered in Uruguay by right-wing political powers.

Mario is a young fisherman who dreams of becoming a poet. He gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer moves there after being exiled from Chile.

동생 베로니카가 사라졌다. 언니 세실리아는 동생을 찾기 위해 시간과의 사투를 벌이고, 그 과정에서 권력의 무책임함과 사회의 편견, 언론의 괴롭힘에 맞서 싸운다.