In the days before "The Day of the Dead", Pachuco returns to his home town of Patzcuaro, in the Mexican State of Michoacán, after thirty, His arrival in Patzcuaro is nothing like the heroes welcome he had always dreamed of. His youth love is now married, many old friends have died and those who remain, like his friend Chavita, show the damages of tequila. It's a portrait of a society that honors the dead but ignores those who die living.