Ten-year-old Joaquín observes the feminine and masculine world around him wordlessly. On the eve of Mother's Day in 2000, his teenage sister runs away from home, upsetting the fragile balance of the household. Perplexed, Joaquín wonders what his place is in this family reconstruction.
Jenifer is adopted, lives in Spain and has been searching her entire life for her biological mother, whom she only knows was separated after the eruption of Nevado del Ruiz in Colombia. When she turns thirty, she intensifies her investigations, which leads her to meet a mother who denies being one, several who were not allowed to be one, and other people who claim to know her.
Cristina and Simon are two young graffiti artists who paint the city that they live in. Their restless spirit leads them to defy a criminal gang when they decide to paint the mural of a whale over a threat written in a wall. The love that unites them, their friendship with other artists at La selva- an old house they use as a refuge- and familiar tensions, come together to tell a story where the powerful strength of youth faces fear, violence and the difficulties of growing up.
In 2018, a group of filmmakers calling themselves "Los Quietos" set out to make a film essay on a hypothetical syndrome of stillness in the Republic of Colombia. To this end, they invite Colombian documentary master Luis Ospina, presidential candidate Gustavo Petro and writer Juan Gabriel Vásquez to give them clues to delve into the history, geography and idiosyncrasy of Colombia, a country that, paradoxically, has very little of stillness. For unknown reasons, the project remained unfinished.
