Altiplano

Altiplano is a film based on true events about two women and it takes place on three different continents. The women are both in mourning and their destinies merge in a way that is caused by mercury toxins. A mine spills mercury in Peru, and causes one woman's fiance to die. The other woman's husband is an oculist who was working in Peru and is researching the toxins from the spill. He gets stoned to death by the villagers, and both women must deal with their losses.