In his fifties, Benito Torrentera abandons his peaceful life as a university teacher to protect a young criminal, Flor Eduarda. She wishes to run away from justice, and he wants to travel to a forgotten town, Tiripeto, where five centuries ago the first professorship of philosophy in America was created. Neither the tired teacher nor his unexpected student could predict what would happen, but Torrentera imagines that once again, desire will win over reason, and he doesnt care.