Several individual stories converge in the imposing setting of the southernmost tip of the continent, all of them involving a crisis of faith. Most of the important situations in the film are based on real episodes, such as the massacre of indigenous people perpetrated by the landowners in the area.
A rich woman's personal secretary borrows an expensive piece of jewelry without permission for a night on the town... and then loses it. Based on a story by Guy de Maupassant.