In 1898| Spain sends a military squad to the town of Laber| Fillippines| to protect one of the last colonies of the Spanish Empire to avoid that rebel nativesrecover its ancient territories. Lead by Captain Enrique de las Morenas and Lieutenant Cerezo| a prideful military| the soldiers are stalked during a night by therebels| being forced to refuge in the church under the wing of Fray Carmelo| Laber's priest. Turning the church in a military fort| the permanent heat and malariastarts to sick to diverse men. After Captain's death by a disease called beriberi| Cerezo turns in the new leader of the squad| faced constantly by the power withJimeno| a soldier from the previous squad annihilated by the natives. Turning each time more paranoid and obsessive with the victory and the glory of the SpanishEmpire| the rebels Fillipines close to Cerezo to explain that Spain sold Fillipines Islands to USA| losing all the colonies for finishing the Spanish Empire| andthat the war is over. But ...