Alberto Tiwi (55), a beloved and respected teacher at a religious school for girls in the territory of the Awajún, a native people in the Northern Peruvian jungle, is facing a trial that could lead him to life imprisonment. At the same time, Jhany (17), one of his students who is about to finish school, dreams of leaving her community to escape from the violence in her family environment, a reality which often leads girls to suicide.