Domingo Zárate Vega began to notice apocalyptic shapes in the clouds and was correct in predicting small disasters. After the death of his mother, he becomes a hermit in the Elqui Valley, where he discovers, through a vision, that he is nothing less than the reincarnation of Jesus Christ.

When in 1942 he learned that a prostitute who worshiped the Virgin of Carmen and whose name was also Magalena lived in the Providencia office, he went out to look for her with the purpose of making her his disciple and lover, and together they would spread the word about the imminent arrival of the end of the world.

The Chilean desert and the nitrate mines punished by the sun are the hostile places where the illuminated one, better known as the Christ of Elqui, will cause a stir among the locals with his holy sermons.