Higueras, a small town nestled in the harsh and mountainous lands of León, lives days of anguish because it is going to be drowned by a reservoir. After many years of voluntary exile in Argentina, Manuel Perea arrives in town, a skeptical writer who returns to share the tragedy with his countrymen, although the real reason for his return is to recover the love of Virginia, his old girlfriend, and start a new life with her. (FILMAFFINITY)