Sofía Films

In the middle of the Atacama Desert is the last saltpetre settlement still inhabited. Known as Maria Elena, its inhabitants are reluctant to leave it behind, clinging to their memory and to their dead.

The formerly successful singer Luis Dimas and his driver, known as Takilleitor, tour the cities of Chile. They are joined by two former agents of the CNI, Pinochet's secret police, who are chasing some kind of wooden parrot containing a mysterious political message.