The aging governorness feel s that her time has come. She is childless and wants to leave a sign behind. She calls on a young man and sends him on a search. A search for a man of hers who disappeared in the high mountains.The young man arrives in a village and questions the population. They have noanswer for the stranger. Confronted by their silence, he becomes increasingly confused. The vally of the shadows and the cat people force him to become what he really is-the lost one. And then he is ready for the new. "Al Gatun", a child of the mountain, dedicated to the mountains.