so Anriana decides to search for her father's lost tracks in his birthplace,lost in the mythical South.As we know,Victor Erice had intended to film Estrella's trip to Andalucia,where her process of maturation would be completed.He was not able to finish his film as projected,and so Garcia Morales's tale becomes the most adequate source for trying to guess the experience of the young pilgrim.
So it is:Adriana finally is able in arrive in the South.In that far place she meets Gloria Valle,and also Miguel,her unknown brother,who will become something like their father's shadow,now lost in memory.At the same time that some mysteries are resolved,she is learning to know herself.Nevertheless,such knowledge is not sufficient to provide any guarantee for personal harmony.To avoid suffering,knowleadge alone is never enough.
Her personal path has given her new strength.She is able to liberate hidden phantoms and passions.Even when she confesses her love toward her brother,she decides to leave him,as his father did.Life is a continuous process of pain and resignation;but in the end Adriana will fertilize her own personality and will reach adulthood.