When Javier returns home after years away, Miguel sees it as the perfect moment to finally reveal the mine’s location. However, Javier has not come back to continue the family legacy. He has brought an outsider—a ruthless, debt-ridden businessman named —who plans to exploit the mine using modern machinery, destroying the mountain and displacing the few remaining locals.

A small rural town is shaken when a long-closed gold mine is accidentally reopened. Workers discover an old tunnel containing a hidden vein of gold and signs of a past tragedy. As the town’s leaders and outsiders argue over ownership, tensions rise between residents who want to sell and those who want to preserve the site and remember what happened there. Personal histories surface: a retired miner haunted by a lost colleague, a young woman determined to protect her family’s land, and a mayor torn between economic relief and conscience. The conflict culminates in a collapse that forces the community to confront past wrongs, choose solidarity over profit, and rethink their relationship to the land and each other.

for Best Short Fiction Film in Mexico. For a visual look at this award-winning Mexican short film: Bonnavent, Jacques - La mina de oro [2010] YouTube• 3 Aug 2011 The Gold Mine (2010) - Jacques Bonnavent - Letterboxd