Cristina Diz

As every year Carlos is spending the summer in the country with his family in order to help out with things. Perhaps he won't even be returning to Madrid, as economic prospects are hardly rosy there. In addition, his father's health is failing and he needs Carlos to help. In this town, where the elders still celebrate the medieval rites, Carlos meets a young policeman Juan and they fall in love. A friendship ensues amidst age-old rituals and a crisis of a nation, all this set against a spectacular backdrop which seems somehow not of this world.

A young couple in 1973. Iria is a migrant worker from Spain; Hajo is a student from Germany. When Iria’s mother becomes terminally ill, they decide to leave Köln and take her back to Galicia. Their road trip leads them through a variety of social and political systems that existed in the 1970s, while their relationship comes to reflect the zeitgeist.

As every year Carlos is spending the summer in the country with his family in order to help out with things. Perhaps he won't even be returning to Madrid, as economic prospects are hardly rosy there. In addition, his father's health is failing and he needs Carlos to help. In this town, where the elders still celebrate the medieval rites, Carlos meets a young policeman Juan and they fall in love. A friendship ensues amidst age-old rituals and a crisis of a nation, all this set against a spectacular backdrop which seems somehow not of this world.

A young couple in 1973. Iria is a migrant worker from Spain; Hajo is a student from Germany. When Iria’s mother becomes terminally ill, they decide to leave Köln and take her back to Galicia. Their road trip leads them through a variety of social and political systems that existed in the 1970s, while their relationship comes to reflect the zeitgeist.

A young couple in 1973. Iria is a migrant worker from Spain; Hajo is a student from Germany. When Iria’s mother becomes terminally ill, they decide to leave Köln and take her back to Galicia. Their road trip leads them through a variety of social and political systems that existed in the 1970s, while their relationship comes to reflect the zeitgeist.