Carmelo returns to the village in his native Andalusia for the first time. Thirty years ago his mother took him way from there when he was only three years old, fleeing after witnessing a horrific event which would condition his life and everyone's who lived there during the days of General Franco's uprising. The young man will unravel the secret at the same time as the false equilibrium of the small community falls apart as the truth is revealed. In the dry and rugged place where he was born and together with other characters who are as hard as the pitiless land they live upon, Carmelo will follow a different path towards himself, discovering the feats and villainies of which human beings are capable.