Benito Lacunza is a mediocre trumpet player just making a living when he gets word that his father has died. Back home in rural Navarra, he reconnects with his brother Lalo, a sculptor and former alcoholic who has struggled to get straight. Lalo is planning to marry Nines, which Benito is against - until he meets her daughter Ainara, an introverted child with whom Benito creates a most unusual friendship.
Director of several internationally acclaimed short films, Felix Viscarret easily makes the transition to features with this offbeat, delicately observed tale.