In the 1970s, Eric Martin, a young attorney, is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
In a dreamworld populated with characters real and imagined, Eric di.
While there, he befriends an unconventional Catholic priest who introduces him to the mysterious world of spirits and shamanic healers.
Eric finds hospitals and traditional treatments insensitive and ineffective, so he decides to gamble on an unproven but popular alternative: Laetrile, legally available to him only at a clinic in Mexico.
In the 1970s, Eric Martin, a young attorney, is diagnosed with terminal cancer