A 17-year-old girl is found burned and dismembered in an empty lot in a middle-class neighborhood of Santiago, Chile. Due to police negligence, the crime goes unpunished until thirty years later, when the family manages to piece together the murder puzzle, revealing a forbidden relationship and a cruel truth.

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.