Two estranged friends journey to the town of San Lazaro to ask a faith-healer for help in saving the life of one's brother, who is possessed by an evil spirit.

A common man in a world where everyone is controlled, limited and fearful, Julio encounters "a voice" whose instruction will go above and beyond that which the world had limited him to be. Julio now faces the dialectic of pursuing his newfound purpose, or remaining in the bleak acceptance of the constructed norm.