Arising out of the terror of the Spanish Civil War, an applicant for canonization is researched by means of a journalist who finds their or her own estranged father had a profound, dark and devastating connection to the saint's life.While researching the life of Josemaria Escriva, the controversial founder of Opus Dei, that the youthful journalist Robert finds hidden stories of his eponymous father Manolo, and can be taken to a journey through the dark, dreadful secrets of his family's past.