Busqué la verdad, con la firme intención de no encontrarla. 

 

Alba es la hija de una mujer que odia la mentira. Ella misma basa toda su vida en ese hecho fundamental, aunque ha crecido en torno a la ausencia de una verdad esencial: la muerte de su padre. Cuando Alba abandona a su madre lo hace acompañada de Roberto, su novio. Ambos deciden mudarse al pueblo de la abuela Teodora. Aquel sitio es un lugar habitado por seres extraños y rodeado de mangles negros que guardan secretos en sus raíces. Su viaje no solo significará romper con su madre, quien no le perdona que haya cambiado su nombre, sino que la llevará a reencontrarse con las historias de su abuela, de la Tlanchana, de Imelda y de su propio padre, aunque para eso deba deshacerse de quienes la anclan al pasado del que huye, por más que los hubiera llegado a amar, como a Roberto y a León. En medio de esas revelaciones conocerá al mudo, un personaje que la hará cuestionarse todo lo que ha considerado como verdadero. El aislamiento, la soledad y la nostalgia la llevarán a interactuar con sus deseos reprimidos y la harán tomar decisiones que no sólo cambiarán su destino, sino el de la gente que la rodea.

I searched for the truth, hoping I wouldn’t find it.

Alba is the daughter of a woman who hates lies. She herself bases everything in her life on that fundamental fact, although she grew up with the absence of one essential truth: the death of his father. When Alba leaves her mother, she does it in the company of Roberto, her boyfriend. They both decide to move to Grandma Theodora’s town. That town is a place inhabited by strange beings and surrounded by black mangroves that keep secrets in their roots. This trip will not only mean ending her relationship with a mother
who, turns out, lied to her for years, and even changed her name, but it will lead her to rediscover the stories of her grandmother, of
the Tlanchana, of Imelda, and of her own father; although for that she must get rid of the people who anchor her to the past from which she is trying to escape —no matter how much he had come to love them. In the middle of those revelations, she will meet “the mute”, a character who will make her question everything she has ever considered to be true. The isolation, the loneliness, and the nostalgia will lead her to acknowledge her repressed desires and will force her to make decisions that will not only change her destiny, but that of everyone around her.