Roberto Colmenares

Bogotá, 1980. During the government of President Turbay. An urban cell of the M-19 invades the Embassy of the Dominican Republic, taking 14 ambassadors as hostages. They demand that they be exchanged for political prisoners. The film focuses on the events that took place during those two months of captivity.

Fando and his partially paralysed lover Lis search for the mythical city of Tar.

A naive but humane student leaves his town with the ambition to become a doctor, promising to return to help his people, who see him as a local hero.