Inspired by actual events, Devil’s Breath is the story of Elena, an immigrant “Dreamer” who arrived in the United States at a young age. Years later she formed a family with Miguel, an undocumented immigrant, and their two children. Elena and Miguel work, love and do with they must to live the American Dream. Unexpectedly, Elena receives news that her father is close to death. Although she has not crossed the border into Mexico in many years, the choice is made that she and their son, Michael, will travel her families Baja village to be with her mother and father one last time.  In his final hours, her painter-philosopher-opera aficionado father, Enrique, teaches his grandson about his rich Mexican heritage. After Enrique’s death, Elena and Michael begin their long journey home to the United States. Miguel, being aware of wildfires that are growing along the border, anxiously await Elena and Michael’s return. At the border crossing, Elena is turned back by an immigration official and Michael is held in a detention facility. Being undocumented, Miguel is and unable to free their son. Concerned fro Michael’s well-being, it is decided that Elena must hire a human smuggler for the dangerous journey home – unaware that both man and nature are fatally out of control.