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Almamula. According to a northern Argentine myth, a woman who lived without regret, practiced incest and had sex with men and women from her village. Cursed by God and transformed into a monster in the shape of a mule, she wanders in the forest and mountains at night, catching people who sin and killing them with a single kick.
Twelve-year-old Nino is exposed to homophobic bullying in his hometown in northern Argentina, so his family decides to move to a small village beside a forest for the summer. Far from the city and old friends, Nino, his sister Natalia and their parents have to find their way in the rural heat. But between sweaty days at the pool and monotonous confirmation classes, life near the forest tells its own stories. A boy has dis...