Cuando Quico regresa a su pueblo tras haber hecho las Américas, su encuentro con vecinos y amigos le hace recordar los años de la guerra civil en Asturias.
The sailor Quico Carola, alleged war hero of the Francoist side, emigrated to America and amassed a great fortune. Fifteen years later he returns to Ferrera (Asturias), his homeland, in search of a wife who makes him forget his late girlfri...