Back to reality tells the story of Marcela, an organised and protective schoolteacher, who makes the decision to participate in a reality show

In 1954 Colombia, Esmeralda Arboleda leads women fighting for suffrage. During a crucial assembly debate, she faces fierce opposition and a personal crisis when her son has an accident, testing her resolve between family and cause.

Two naive documentary filmmakers decide to venture out and accompany the Cabello family, to discover, on a chaotic trip, why there is no one in the family who would miss the plan next to the river.