[2][3] At the Venice Film Festival, Théo Court won the award for Best Director in the Horizons section.

[5] The story is set in the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, a region located in the south of Argentina and Chile, during the second half of the 19th century.

The Tierra del Fuego Land Exploitation Company (SETF) aims to exploit the lands for cattle grazing, leading to a conflict with the indigenous population, including the Selk'nam community, which suffered from the documented Selk'nam genocide.

Some Scots who participate in the process adapt the Highland Clearances to the environment of Tierra del Fuego to meet the landowners' requirements.

The brutality of the events is captured in a succession of photographs that realistically describe the territory, the Tierra del Fuego archipelago, and the characters.