Set in the in Lima, the film follows a group of cadets navigating a brutal, hierarchical system. They form a secret gang (“The Dogs”) led by the violent Jaguar . After a cadet is killed during a training exercise, a cover-up ensues, forcing the weak but principled Alberto (“The Poet”) to confront the school’s corruption and the Jaguar’s tyranny. The story shifts between the academy’s cruelty and the cadets’ troubled home lives, exposing how authoritarianism shapes young men.

can crush the human spirit and how the city of Lima itself acts as a silent witness to the loss of innocence. of the film differs from the original

The harsh, grey atmosphere of Lima and the claustrophobic barracks are rendered with much sharper detail.