Tov Matheson is a war veteran with PTSD who perceives that the apocalypse is coming. After starting a relationship with a dubious Messiah, he leaves his normal life and begins the construction of a shelter underground, training himself, in an extreme way, at the cost of losing everything and making people believe he is insane. When he also believes it, something extraordinary happens.
Fin du XVIIIe siècle, dans une colonie d’Amérique latine, le juge don Diego de Zama espère une lettre du vice roi du Río de la Plata signifiant sa mutation pour Buenos Aires. Souffrant de l’éloignement et du manque de reconnaissance, il perd patience et, pour se libérer de son attente, se lance à la poursuite d’un mystérieux bandit.