A painter leaves his house after a fight with his girlfriend and desperately goes to his psychiatrist's place, seeking help. After spending the night there and finding respite, he learns about his doctor's secret agenda, which changes everything.
In 1919 South America, a landowner's wife is desperate for a child of her own, having suffered through multiple miscarriages. She finds hope, however, in a seemingly outlandish plan: She'll pray to a mythical deity to resurrect her stillborn son. The plan works, but with the child comes something else, something evil.