It's 1948 and the Cold War has Came at Chile. In the Congress, President González Videla accuses the government of betraying the Party and strips of his immunity poet Pablo Neruda and prominent Communist Senator. The Chief of Investigative Police instructs inspector Óscar Peluchonneau to detain the poet. Neruda attempts to escape out of the country along with his wife, the Delia del Carril, however they must go underground.