Guillaume, an Austin musician, has a problem. He loves whole-heartedly, but he does not know how to "unlove." Haunted by the phantoms of lovers and friends, he is imprisoned by the past. To Guillaume, all love stories are ghost stories in the end. When he learns that his love has been murdered, he journeys to Oaxaca, Mexico, to uncover the circumstances of her death. He meets a Zapotec curandero in the mist-enshrouded Sierra and learns the rhythms of a good life - and a good death.