Alejandro, a young Spanish nobleman, is entrusted with delivering to the young Louis XIV a portrait of the Spanish Infanta, intended to seal the alliance between the two crowns. Fascinated by the promises of the New World, by lands waiting to be conquered and new trade routes, he is accompanied on his mission by two French soldiers. As the portrait makes its way forward, the three men venture deeper into a Europe ravaged by wars and rebellions. The journey to the French court is long and arduous, and the path back to civilization and the emerging modern world remains uncertain. Presented in the Giornate degli Autori at the Venice International Film Festival.