Alberto is returning to the Republic to attend his murdered father's funeral. A fervent evangelical Christian, he is already worried by the local Christian customs which coalesce in the ecstatic hybrid rituals of the 'rezos de los nueve'. His fears are increased as he begins to realise that his family expect him to take revenge on the local criminal boss who was responsible for the murder. Cocote builds to a crescendo as Alberto tries to decide what to do…