복음주의 기독교도인 알베르토는 아버지의 장례식에 참석하기 위해 고향으로 돌아왔다. 그는 고인을 추모하기 위해, 자신의 의지와 믿음에 반하는 행사에 참석하도록 강요받는 상황에 처해 있다.

A rapturous crime fable set in the Dominican Republic, Nelson Carlo De Los Santos Arias' COCOTE follows Alberto, a kind-hearted gardener returning home to attend his father's funeral. When he discovers that a powerful local figure is responsible for his father's death, Alberto realizes that he's been summoned by his family to avenge the murder. It's an unthinkable act especially for him, an Evangelical Christian. But as pressure mounts, he sees few ways out. Questions of faith, tradition and honor course through this electrifying film, which, seemingly at the speed of thought itself, jumps between film formats, colors, and aspect ratios, radically envisioning a community torn asunder by senseless violence.