Ship of Fools

In a small town in Patagonia Southern Argentina a Mapuche Indian chief sets a tourist complex under construction on fire He denies all attempts to defend himself Locked up he waits for the arrival of Caleuche the Ship Nave of Fools de los locos a mythical figure of his ancestral strength which made him start the fire An appointed lawyer a white woman comes to the chiefs defence alleging the chief had acted in selfdefense as the white man was building commercial structures on the sacred burial grounds of his ancestors and continued doing so even after heated protests