Manu, Basque pelota player, after various years of absence during which he has triumphed in America, comes back full of glory to his fishing village coinciding with the patron saint’s day. When he arrives he finds that Usoa, his girlfriend, has another suitor, also a famous pelota player, but she still waits for Mikel. The two rivals decide to test their courage by challenging each other to a game of pelota. Mikel wins and the entire village celebrates the victory and they celebrate the fiesta of San Pedro with the traditional dance of the Kaixarranka.