Flora Tristán flees to Peru for her inheritance, but her uncle leaves her penniless by altering the will. Returning to France, she becomes a writer and advocate for workers' and women's rights. Despite romantic entanglements, she chooses to focus on her work, leaving behind her love life.
The life and times of Peruvian poet Javier Heraud in the 1950s and 1960s, including his university years and his involvement with Latin American guerrilla movements.