On their way to investigate a man-made disaster called Diablo Blanco, a delegation of three United Nations scientists are kidnapped by an intimidating but droll collection of terrorists led by a penitent business mogul and an ennui-inflicted scientist in an unidentified South American country.

Werner Herzog directs Michael Shannon and Gael García Bernal in his eco-thriller set in the surreal landscape of one of Bolivia’s vast salt deserts. Following the kidnapping of two scientists in a mysterious and desolate compound, dark intentions and puzzling twists arise.