A shy, insecure and peace-loving cop by the name of Percy Corso is appointed at the Palle police station in a small Peruvian village of the same name. Palle was once the homeland of the Moches, the violent yet beautiful people from the pre-Inca era. When a series of crimes is committed in the Moche tradition – young people with their throats cut, bulging eyes and decapitated bodies – Percy Corso is appointed to lead the investigation with a Spanish pathologist and a professor who is specialised in the Moche culture. The increasingly close relationship between the pathologist and Percy Corso moves the policeman to fiery passions and deeper urges he cannot control.After their last feature Sin compassion, the Peruvian director Francisco Lombardi and scriptwriter Augusto Cabada wondered: ‘How can an “ordinary” person consciously become a criminal?’ This dive into the past in combination with today’s Peru combines to deliver a whimsical film full of passion, instinct and tradition. Especially Diego Berti as Gino and Jorge Rodriguez Paz as Fausto provide a wonderful acting achievement.
