During the internal days of Cuban spring when the hot southern winds arrive coinciding with Lent, police lieutenant Conde, who has just met Karina, a dazzling woman, is handed a delicate investigation. A young chemistry teacher from the same university where Conde studied years ago has been found murdered in her apartment, where traces of marihuana were also found. Through the investigation of the professor with a clean academic and political record, Conde enters into a world that is decomposing, a world where social climbing, cronyism, the consumption of drugs, and the existence of fraud compose the dark side of contemporary Cuban society. The lieutenant, meanwhile, is in love with Karina and lives glorious days without imagining the devastating outcome of their affair.
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