Augustin Rejas (Javier Bardem) attempts to find the mysterious Ezequiel, the leader of a revolution being fermented by native people of a Latin American nation. But weighing equally heavy on Rejas's psyche is his attraction to his daughter's ballet teacher (Laura Morante). The affair provides solace to the emptiness of his marriage and his frustration in the search for Ezequiel, but it isn't a cure-all. John Malkovich directs.