In La Esperanza de San Pedro, Chiapas, in the midst of the Zapatista struggle, a young woman makes serious waves when she falls in love with a revolutionary fighter from the mountains.

It is a time of revolution and Sonia’s rebellious heart causes further commotion in her village. Although recently betrothed to a young community leader, Miguel, it’s love at first sight when she locks eyes with those of Julio, a rebel fighter. Their passion puts the security of her community and the Zapatista rebels in jeopardy. Meanwhile, as government forces surround the rebels on land and in the air, Alicia, Sonia’s younger sister, learns to interpret reality through a mirror in her game playing. Her grandmother Zoraida is the one to bring the little girl’s visions back down to earth. Together, Zoraida and Alicia discover in Sonia’s decision a test of wills and traditions. In a world where everything changes, in a land of free Indigenous people who have decided to take a stand and resist, Sonia takes on the struggles of love in the heart of Time.

Director Alberto Cortés, opens up questions on the relationship between the political and the personal, the difficulty of social change and the inevitable tyranny of political systems.