Bilbao, 1984. In a time of industrial reconversion, within a closed society and an oppressive environment, Kepa, a young working class, decides to fight for his dreams and the flight of his spirit, but the cruel reality will make him fall.
It takes him suddenly at 40 years: Frédéric wants a baby, Claire never wanted one and they agreed on that. He commits the unforgivable and makes a child behind her back. Claire turns into a whale and Frédéric becomes a doting father.