CarmelivesinamountainvillageinGaliciawithhersickmotherandfatherRamón,withwhomshehardlyspeaks.Workinginabakery,shefeelstheurgetoescapefromthisoppressiveatmosphere,butcircumstancesalwaysseemtostopher.Butduringtheweekend–acelebrationoftheage-oldstrugglebetweenmanandhorse–Carme’solderbrother,Luís,comesh...