En las montañas de la Sierra Maestra, en Cuba, Yoan debe aprender a convivir con el universo espiritual que ha heredado de su madre. La angustia por la ausencia de su padre y las visiones de espíritus que lo asedian por las noches le impiden dormir. A sus 17 años, ha empezado a concebir la vida como un combate constante.

In the mountains of the Sierra Maestra in Cuba, Yoan must learn to live with the spiritual world he has inherited from his mother. The anguish caused by his father's absence and the visions of spirits that haunt him at night keep him from sleeping. At the age of 17, he conceives life as a great fight.