To the End of the World | The Root of Evil | The Tree of Life
The roots of evil extend through time.
To the End of the World begins in the year 1939, when a European botanist and his daughter, Rayén, conduct experiments on a tree in the Chilean town of Almahue. Betrayed by Ernesto, the young woman’s lover, the villagers accuse them of witchcraft, destroy their home, and expel them from the town.
Years later, Ángela, a Social Anthropology student, investigates the “Legend of Malamor” from Almahue for her university project. The legend tells that a witch named Rayén cursed the town so that no one could love, and whoever did would die.
On the day of her presentation, Ángela discovers that her friend Patricia has stolen her topic and traveled to the town to continue the research. Hurt by the betrayal, Ángela ends her relationship with Patricia. However, one day she receives a disturbing message from her friend asking for help.
Ángela embarks on a journey to Almahue, a place full of mysteries, to save Patricia and discover the truth behind the curse that keeps the town trapped, performing an annual ceremony where they burn a figure of the witch to prevent her return.
On her journey, Ángela will find friendship and love with Fabián, facing the curse that threatens those who fall in love.
In The Root of Evil, Ángela has decided to stay in Almahue to be with Fabián without fear and without the shadow of the curse, as Fabián no longer depends on the potions he needed to relieve the pain caused by the spell. The cursed tree appears to be miraculously recovering, heralding that Almahue can finally live in peace.
But the calm is interrupted by the arrival of Rosa, a mysterious stranger, who reveals that the darkness of the place has its origins long before the “Legend of Malamor,” when Rayén, her sister, ordered the man known as the “Decapitator” to murder her.
Rayén, thirstier for revenge than ever, will not stop until she returns to destroy Almahue and the relationship between Ángela and Fabián, who must begin a race against time to find her.
In The Tree of Life, the town of Almahue is destroyed by an earthquake, and the legendary tree in the center of the square is dry and dead, symbolizing the end of an era and the beginning of change.
With Fabián trapped underground, Ángela embarks on a desperate mission to rescue him. Determined to prevent fate from separating them again, Ángela ventures into the depths, willing to sacrifice her life to save him.
But a new legend comes to light thanks to Rosa, who decides to reveal secrets of the past. With the new information, Ángela gathers the strength to confront Rayén and the Decapitator in an epic odyssey through the Chilean lands, which ends with Rayén’s death and a happy ending for Ángela and Fabián, who start their own family and finally live in peace.
RELEVANT INFORMATION:
The first novel of the Malamor Trilogy was a finalist for the Altazor Award.
José Ignacio Valenzuela, the author, was selected by About.com of The New York Times as one of the 10 best Latin American writers under 40. He is the creator of the successful Netflix series Who Killed Sara? and has published more than thirty novels and written thirteen television series and films in Chile, Mexico, the United States, and Puerto Rico.
He has been nominated for an Emmy Award as a screenwriter for the series Amores, in addition to receiving the Best Screenwriter of the Year award by the PROCO Communication Institute and the Diosa de Plata International Film Festival.
AUDIOVISUAL POTENTIAL: TV Series, Miniseries, Film, TV Film.
AVAILABLE LANGUAGES: Spanish, English.
