Nunkui lives in a Shuar community and dreams of the feminine being of the orchard, named Nunkui, just like her. While her aunt teaches her songs and cultivation secrets, the vast Amazon jungle in which they live is handed over to transnational mining companies and evictions begin in the area. The premonitory dreams, the figure of her grandfather, an old Shuar leader, and a lush world of plants, animals, spirits, mark her journey into adolescence and the understanding of her place in the world.