Here is the story of a man and his dog, both at the tail end of lives lived long enough, both looking tired but surviving as a matter of course. Rene (Eddie Garcia) lives in an old house filled with boxes, all labeled with names. His room is kitchen and bedroom, also altar, if only because on his bed lies a statue of the Santo Entierro, one he inherited from his mother, one that purportedly performs miracles. Rene doesn’t care much for it, in the same way that he doesn’t seem to care much for a wound on his leg, or the routine of reporting to the provincial post office every day.
