Sol y viento: Synopsis
A successful young businessman gets orders to travel abroad to secure a land deal. Occupied with other matters and unwilling to go at first, he finally accepts the assignment and soon finds himself in Chile, a country far from his native California.

Here, in this Andean nation—land of fertile valleys and soaring mountains, home to the condor, a place exotic and familiar all at once—this young man regains and embraces values he had set aside years ago. He rediscovers the importance of loyalty to family and friends and that a person's past is part of his or her soul. He rediscovers the meaning of community and how people and their land may share a bond as strong as that between any two people. Most importantly, he comes to understand that from love, forgiveness is possible—but it is not easily dispensed. Forgiveness must be earned.

Such is the story of the exciting new movie, Sol y viento. Follow Jaime "James" Talavera (Francisco Lorite, Love The Hard Way) on his unexpected journey of self-discovery. Along the way meet Mario, the talkative personal driver who becomes Jaime's first friend in a new land. Meet Carlos, the secretive administrator of the winery who is eager to sell his family's lands—and those of others. Meet doña Isabel, the matriarch of the Sol y viento winery, and don Paco, the friend of the family who travels from Mexico to aid doña Isabel as she faces a crisis that threatens to alter an entire community's way of life. Finally, meet the high-spirited María (Javiera Contador, Más que amigos, Smog), the young woman who captures Jaime's heart and mind. However, their mutual attraction may prove to be fleeting if Jaime does not grapple with the moral issues that confront him. As events unfold and the forces of nature conspire to draw the characters together, Jaime is forced to make the most difficult decision of his life.

More than just a love story, Sol y viento is also touches upon the plight of the indigenous people of Chile, the Mapuche, and their struggle to retain their ancestral lands and maintain harmony with the Earth. One of the central themes examined in Sol y viento is the interaction between the forces of nature in the everyday lives of people. In fact, the sun (sol) and wind (viento) each play crucial roles in the film, as if they were characters themselves. "Sol y viento" is not just the name of a family winery; it displays the embodiment of elements of nature that help move the plot along.

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