Luis Cordóba leads an unconventional vocation as a priest has not stopped him from becoming a film critic, teacher, opera enthusiast, and passionate nibbler of chocolate and pepperoni. He lives in his childhood home in downtown Medellín with another priest, Aurelio Sánchez. At fifty, Luis learns he needs a heart transplant. He is forbidden from climbing stairs, and so he moves into a different neighborhood with a friend, her housekeeper, and their children. With the briskness of sunshine drying out wet clothes, and air rushing through and renewing old places, Lelo reflects on Luis's new era of thinking and feeling. 

An view into the real life of many a priest. Luis Cordóba is inspired by the life of the priest and film critic Luis Alberto Alvarez.