In June 1987, a small neighborhood house became the site of one of the most memorable massacres of the Chilean military dictatorship. Abandoned since then, neighbors give it new life by capturing their memories in sunflowers.
A couple of neighbors investigate at night the disappearance of a newborn baby while the legend of a specter with a candle on its head follows in the shadow of their footsteps.
Punta del Este was built upon a small, treasurable port town still alive in the memories of former residents and visitors. However, talk of progress has arised in present times. A kind of progress involving physical, historical, spiritual destruction. Bajo la Arena poses a crossroads between the passage of time and its ever-present traces in the landscape and in people's affections.
