Years ago a boy was born horrible disfigured. As he grew older his mother couldn't stomach the sight of him anymore and stitches a mask to his face. After years of abuse both physical and emotional, the boy retaliates and strikes her down. Now when anyone comes to his part of the woods he watches...
Anthropologist and filmmaker João Meirinhos travels in Peruvian Amazonia to speak with healers who work with the plant medicine ayahuasca. The journey begins on the outskirts of Puerto Maldonado in southeastern Peru, and winds northward to Pucallpa and Iquitos.
