Josefina was born in Sweden to Peruvian parents. Her relatives played a key role in Peru''s history - the founders of the country''s communist party, Shining Path, and were behind the armed uprising of 1980. She travels to Peru and meets Flor, whose brother was imprisoned for belonging to Shining Path. Flor was born into the war that Josefina''s family fled. Their meeting will mark them both forever.