From a mist-shrouded lagoon, a handful of lonely characters emerge out of a theater-of-the-absurd scenario. A shy teenage girl, wandering in this remote country landscape high in the Andes, arrives at the home of her taciturn uncle. She has been driven from her village home in Colombia by a fiery attack in which she lost everything, including her parents. She'll never know whether it was the guerrillas, the right-wing paramilitary, or the army that was responsible, but it doesn't matter. The nubile Alicia has been forced to start a tense journey that will define her as an adult. In her uncle's tiny, ramshackle inn, La Sirga, she must try to determine her future course. A young boatman, Mirichis, feels the inklings of love for Alicia as he delivers passengers, messages, and news around the lake. On the shores of this beautiful lake, La Cocha, a handful of people dream their dreams of a prosperity that is just around the corner, an escape from their daily lives. They wait for tourists, like Godot, to arrive, but they are waiting only on their own illusions. The enchanted atmosphere of La Cocha is made palpable in this elegantly elaborated fable with echoes of Tarkovsky, the smallest sounds and images contributing to a lush landscape of dreams.