Manuel is a Spanish writer who has emigrated to Argentina. He hears that his childhood village in Spain is to be turned into a reservoir, and returns for one last trip. There he meets widow Virginia, an old love, and begins to hope that he might reignite the flame between them. As old secrets are revealed, the villagers must come to terms with their imminent loss and the drowning of their home.
Federico Luppi
Manuel
Héctor Alterio
Don José
Mercedes Sampietro
Virginia
Elena Anaya
Rosa
Asunción Balaguer
Leoni
Sergi Calleja
Delfín
Armando del Río
Mito
Mariví Bilbao
Felisa
Joan Dalmau
Don Paulino
Manuel is a Spanish writer who has emigrated to Argentina. He hears that his childhood village in Spain is to be turned into a reservoir, and returns for one last trip. There he meets widow Virginia, an old love, and begins to hope that he might reignite the flame between them. As old secrets are revealed, the villagers must come to terms with their imminent loss and the drowning of their home.
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