Mariano Llinás is a writer, director, actor, and producer who is known for writing "Argentina, 1985," "Azor," and "Paulina."
In a remote camp, a palaeontologist guards the most important finding of her career: the fossil remains of a hippogriff, a half-bird half-lion mythical animal.
A mestizo Chilean rides south on an expedition that a former British army officer and an American mercenary lead to secure territory granted to a Spanish landowner in 19th-century Patagonia.