A Chilean teacher, Ramiro, is sentenced to internal exile in a southern town where tidal waves often appear. He falls for a woman, Maite, whose father asks him to take her away. Although he gets his freedom he doesn't leave and when the water rises, Maite and her father die, and Ramiro flees to the hills.

Ramiro Orellana

Maite

Secretary

Father Patricio

Detective Robusto

Detective Delgado

Don Ignacio (voice)
October 25, 1991

Ramiro Orellana

Maite

Secretary

Father Patricio

Detective Robusto

Detective Delgado

Don Ignacio (voice)
