Hum

Short Synopsis

After escaping the north for crimes of ‘eco-terrorism’, Esther and Tony reinvent themselves as rodeo stars in the south. Despite their new identities, they wrestle with the ghosts of their past. Their rodeo community faces a threat from land grabbers intent on demolishing the stadium they call home. Torn between anonymity and fighting for their community, the couple chooses passive resistance, opting for peace over confrontation. 

To save their stadium, they stage a rodeo event to raise funds to acquire the land. As Esther rallies a crowd and Tony trains his body, their efforts are sabotaged when Tony’s horse vanishes. Tony discovers that their landlord, driven by madness, has killed his horse upon uncovering their true identities. Enraged, Tony kills him just before the performance. Realizing what he's done, Esther rejects Tony, casting him into the forest to never return again. This fateful night triggers a pulse in the land: an earthquake will soon destroy their town. 

Six years later, the cowboys acquire the land but at the expense of their culture's downfall and the stadium’s decay. As mudslides and flooding plague the rodeo, Esther struggles as a single mother, now working as a mountain guide. In the forest, Tony lives reclusively in a cave, taming his cosmic loneliness. Desperate to reclaim her past life, Esther rebuilds her estranged relationship with the cowboys, developing an unlikely romance with a cowgirl named Juana. Tony, upon discovering wild horses in the forest, forms an esoteric connection with them, warning him of the impending disaster. He must act with haste. As the earthquake strikes and the stadium collapses, Esther searches for her missing daughter, believing she was taken by Tony. But before she can leave, the building collapses, burying everyone beneath. 

In the aftermath, Esther recovers in the hospital as news reports the unearthing of Tony, revealing his past as an ‘eco-terrorist’. Facing capture, Esther escapes, only to be confronted by a wild horse compelling her to make a brave choice: she rides to the police station to confront Tony. Now handcuffed together, they silently reunite. Broken but resolute, Esther carries an injured Tony to the police van—one final rodeo as they face justice together. As the remaining cowboys journey the mountains, Juana finds Esther’s daughter safe in Tony’s cave, spared from the earthquake. There, the child reveals her connection with wild animals, harnessing the voices of the land and its creatures.