福恩特斯医生有七个学生，他们都在贫困的山区工作，一次在长途旅行中，他发现“带枪英雄”先前到过那里，他面临着闻所未闻的血腥的现实，在神秘的热带雨林中，他绝望的寻找一个名叫西拉德而罗的村庄……

The film is a drama about the aftermath of the 1520s Spanish Conquest of Mexico told from the perspective of the indigenous Aztec people. It explores the social, religious, and psychological changes brought about by a historical process of colonization that both defined the American continent and is also highly reminiscent of today’s neocolonialism.