Carmen Castillo is internationally known for her literary and film work, in which her Chilean roots and the political and human tragedies of her native country play a central role. In this film, she breaks the silence she has maintained for 50 years around her own history and that of her children. She looks back on events that began in 1970s Chile, when her 'compañero' Miguel Enríquez—like her, a member of the left-wing guerrilla organization MIR—was killed and she herself was abducted and imprisoned by the new dictatorship.