Logline. A team goes in search of Pre-Columbian treasure. The lost gold Patecte of Ecuador is more than a piece of metal. Its symbolic message holds a hidden identity not only of Latin America but of mankind.
Synopsis. Chordeleg, Ecuador, 1869. A treasure hunter discovers a Pre-Columbian royal tomb. Its riches include a mysterious gold plaque - the Patecte.
The Patecte quickly vanished.
Stolen?
Destroyed for its gold content?
Hoarded?
Mislaid in a museum?
Lost at sea?
The only hard proof the Patecte existed is an oil painting commissioned by Heduvides Serrano, the legendary tomb raider who discovered the Patecte.
The rest of the story is paved with double and triple-bottomed boxes.
An El Dorado fable? - or did the Patecte not only exist but exists today? Our investigative team seeks answers on three continents.
During the search historians, anthropologists, archaeologists, psychoanalysts and indigenous experts decipher the Patecte´s universal meaning.