在这部被遗忘的人剧情片中,70年代期間,在所謂的「兀鷹行動」下,阿根廷、智利、玻利維亞、巴拉圭和烏拉圭的軍事獨裁統治奪走了自由與和平的所有可能性,在這些國家的近代史中寫下最血腥慘痛的一頁。本片故事發生在玻利維亞,當一名授勛的兀鷹將軍荷西心臟病發後,他對他的獨子講述他過往的黑暗秘密以尋求救贖。荷西帶領我們踏上兀鷹行動之旅,以了解這些軍事政權所造成的真實情景,向我們介紹被偷走人生的主角們。榮譽、失落與愛情,成為了「兀鷹行動」中的犧牲品,其中背叛是最終的犧牲。
An aging Bolivian General, suffers a heart attack, and hopes for redemption by writing an account of his dark secrets to be shared with his son. He recalls his role in 'Operation Condor," a U.S.-backed campaign of political repression and state terror begun in 1975 by the right-wing dictatorships of Argentina, Chile, Bolivia, Paraguay, and Uruguay, that saw many innocent people, "disappeared."