Luis Arteaga

Before the events of "Historic Parking 1: The Separation of Panama from Colombia" set in 1903, there was an attempt to build a French Canal in 1881, which went through tragedy, bankruptcy and international political intrigue that impacted worldwide and lit the spark that eventually exploded into the events of the Independence of Panama from Colombia.

Political tensions in Panama burst with the rumors of the rejection of the Herran-Hay Treaty, that'd grant the U.S.A. the rights to build the Canal. José Agustín Arango decides it's time to start a secret revolution for Independence, joining forces with prominent isthmian businessmen and politicians, and getting help from strong international figures like Theodore Roosevelt, William Nelson Cromwell and Philippe Bunau-Varilla in a "chess game" that some call "the Greatest Revolution of all time".

Five shorts spanning a century on lives impacted by the Panama Canal. Men, women and children who are influenced by the existence of the "Canal", the event that changed the history of not only a country but the world.

In the midst of Panama's ongoing water crisis, Luis, a child from a struggling family, seeks hope in the legend of an ancient spirit that can bring nourishment to their community through collective belief.

Ali decides to move to a small town in the mountains with her little daughter Sofía after her devastating separation from her husband. Weeks later, she will be immersed in the mysterious atmosphere of the place and then have an accident and realize that her daughter has disappeared. As a consequence, she will undertake a tireless search to find her daughter's whereabouts.

A visit to a bedridden lover from several decades ago takes Silka on a painful journey through her memory, where she confronts the romantic and political betrayal she thought she had left in the past.