Ricardo Bromley López

Dans une région reculée du Pérou, Segundo, un jeune garçon de 14 ans, se prépare à suivre les traces de son père dans l'art traditionnel du retable. En se rendant à une fête de village, Segundo observe accidentellement son père dans une situation qui le bouleverse profondément. La découverte de ce secret inavouable lui révèle la réalité brute du monde dans lequel il grandit.

Adrian Mendoza (52) has become a widow due to the effects of the war and together with his children, Juan de Dios (12) and Maria del Carmen (10), confronts the fatal situation that prevails in the convulsed city of Ayacucho. Adrian is returning to his home with Juan de Dios when a police patrol stops him for a routine search. Tthe police take him into custody as a presumed terrorist on the basis of subversive messages coming from the radio. He is branded as a terrorist and a fugitive from the law. In the days that follow more than a dozen soldiers raid his home and he is taken to the dreaded Pink House where he will be cruelly tortured.