Gastón, an agronomist from Buenos Aires, settles in a thriving rural area to dedicate himself to his activity as a crop advisor. The struggle for his 16-year-old daughter, Vera, and his wife to adapt to the new life puts him in front of a dilemma that shakes the foundations of his work. What seemed like a new beginning becomes a present full of contradictions.

The Felpetos have managed a clandestine lottery business for decades. The family enterprise operates in a small housing development. Maribel leads a crew of clerks who log the bets from her living room. Alejandra, her mother, lives in an identicalhouse just a few meters away, which serves as the administrative office. Some lotto bankers have been raided lately, and the atmosphere in the neighborhood has become strage since. There has been talk about police dismissals and big-money movements. Nobody can tell what is true from the rumors or the news on TV

What will the world look like after the last tree has vanished? How will we remember leaves and thorns, the shade above our heads, the shape of forests, and the lives that once dwelled within them? And in that future—will the air still be breathable? In 2063, with all forests gone and atmospheric oxygen nearly depleted, humanity stands on the brink of abandoning Earth. Seventy-five-year-old biologist Diana mentally returns to the year 2022, recalling Miguel, the last guardian of the Pampas forests.