The Flicker

This is the story of Horacio, the grandchild of a slave taken from Africa to Latin America long after the abolition of slavery. Horacio is a family man who works as a lighthouse keeper on a solitary island in the South Atlantic Ocean. Some years ago a series of unexpected events changed his life. Horacio survived a terrible boat crash and later joined Uruguay’s UN peacekeeping force and was sent to serve in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the country of his ancestors. The journey, which began as a means of economic progress, soon became a journey into his past. Horacio is about to retire and returns to the land where his story began.