The Sound of the Jaguar

Irma, a young woman from La Chinantla, an indigenous region in the state of Oaxaca in Mexico, migrates to Mexico City. Upon arriving in the capital, she feels alien to this new environment; the change of language, the pollution, and the constant traffic seem very different from her home. As Irma walks through the streets of the city, she begins to establish a dialogue with herself in her native language, chinanteco. With each word, memories of the night, the wind, and the rivers of La Chinantla emerge, as if it were a past life, a jaguar venturing into the fields of the Chinantec region.