Pedro, un joven nacido en el seno de una familia de haitianos emigrados a Cuba, cortadores de caña, regresa a su pueblo y constata los cambios que los nuevos tiempos han traído.Tiempo atrás él y su amigo Aristón, creyente de las tradiciones mágicas de su gente, se unieron a la gerrilla de la Sierra Maestra. Aristón, por sus creencias, puso en peligro a sus compañeros y es condenado a muerte. Pedro debe decidir entre dos mundos, el mágico y el real.
Basado en un relato del escritor cubano Antonio Benítez Rojo.
Told with plentiful flashbacks to illumine their history, this Cuban tale tells the story of several Cuban-Haitians from among the tens of thousands who immigrated there in the 1940s in order to earn money to send back home to Haiti. After a while, they were unable to return, and were too poor to live well where they were. Pedro is a second generation Haitian who fought for the Cuban Revolution. His friend Ariston, who fought by his side, retains his native Haitian beliefs and ultimately dies for them.