Carme lives in a mountain village in Galicia with her sick mother and father Ramón, with whom she hardly speaks. Working in a bakery, she feels the urge to escape from this oppressive atmosphere, but circumstances always seem to stop her. But during the "Rapa das Bestas" weekend - a celebration of the age-old struggle between man and horse - Carme's older brother, Luís, comes home with his wife María.