At the end of the fifites, the habitual calm of a nameless town in the heat of the Andes is shaken by the news of an up-coming duel between the local school-teacher and the butcher - men who only yesterday were friends and political allies. On the morning of the duel, they leave home to go about their business, which, on this day, includes preparing for death. Contrary to their true natures, one must kill the other by mid-afternoon. Egged on by the clergy, the militia and the town's bureaucrats, a private affair becomes a gladiatorial spectacle. A comedy about escalation, anticipation, and manners, this inexorable process is the subject of Sergio Cabrera's wry, first feature.

"A cutting piece of absurd comedy." - Boston Herald
"A droll satire of Latin machismo, casual political corruption, and the universal acceptance of a ludicrous code of honor." - The Oregonian