

Chile, 1955. The case of María Carolina Geel, a popular writer who murders her lover, captivates Mercedes, a shy secretary working for the judge assigned to defend the accused.

Mario is a young fisherman who dreams of becoming a poet. He gets a job as the postman to Pablo Neruda when the legendary writer moves there after being exiled from Chile.

Spanning a century, the Trueba family faces secret loves, revolution, and generational conflict between the tyrannical patriarch and his granddaughter, set against violent social upheaval.