After the closure of their shipyard in Northern Spain, a few former workers: Santa, Josรฉ, Lino, Amador, Sergei and Reina keep in touch. They meet mainly at a bar owned by their former colleague Rico. Santa is the most superficially confident and unofficial leader of the group. A court case hangs over him relating to a shipyard lamp he smashed during a protest against the closure. Josรฉ is bitter that his wife, Ana, is employed when he is not.