Historiographic data, archive material, interviews, fictional essays. Through precise cinematographic procedures, Ignacio Agüero blends his own notes with his character’s diary. The film tells the story of Gustave Verniory, a young Belgian engineer who, in the late 19th century, was tasked with building a railway section to link Chile’s central and southern regions. Parallel to the fascination of discovering the allure and power of the recently pacified territory of Araucanía, we find a raw portrait of the forced and violent inclusion of the Mapuche Nation in the Chilean national project. (G.P.)