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.

Higueras, un pequeño pueblo enclavado en las duras y montañosas tierras de León, vive días de angustia porque va a ser anegado por un pantano. Tras muchos años de exilio voluntario en Argentina, llega al pueblo Manuel Perea, un escéptico escritor que vuelve para compartir la tragedia con sus paisanos, aunque el auténtico motivo de su regreso es recuperar el amor de Virginia, su antigua novia, e iniciar con ella una nueva vida.