Petra doesn't know who her father is, his identity has been kept from her all her life. When her mother dies she sets out on a search leading her to Jaume, a famous plastic artist, and a powerful, ruthless man. On her quest to discover the truth, Petra also meets Lucas, Jaume's son, and Marisa, Jaume's wife and Lucas's mother. The story of the characters proceeds to entwine in a spiral of evil, family secrets and violence taking them all to the limit. Fate will make a twist in its cruel logic, opening a path for hope and redemption.
Jaime Rosales has directed Las horas del día (The Hours of the Day, 2003), winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes 2003; La soledad (Solitary Fragments, 2007), presented at Un Certain Regard in Cannes and winner of the Goyas for Best Film, Director and New Actor; Tiro en la cabeza (2008), which competed at the San Sebastian Festival, where it won the FIPRESCI prize; Sueño y silencio (Dream and Silence, 2012), presented at the Cannes Directors’ Fortnight, and Hermosa juventud (Beautiful Youth, 2014) premiered in Un Certain Regard at the same festival. With Petra he returned to this year’s Directors’ Fortnight in Cannes.