It stars Juan Diego, Luis Tosar and Marta Etura alongside Clara Lago, Celso Bugallo and Víctor Clavijo.

Val and Rai (Severo's son, unbeknownst of the identity of his father's killer) fall romantically for each other.

The screenplay was penned by Ángeles González Sinde alongside Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón.

[5] Jonathan Holland of Variety described the film as "an enjoyably intense rural murder drama-cum-romancer set in the remote Valle de Pas in northern Spain", being "superior anthropology and, for its first hour, superior cinema, too", with "first-class perfs, sore-eyes scenery and solid production values".

[1] The review in Fotogramas highlighted the veracity of the film's characters and its actors, also assessing that whereas "Clara Lago confirms herself as an adult actress when she is still a child, Marta Etura is simply sensational".