A trigger-happy Nationalist fears retribution from the son of a man he executed. To mollify the boy's anger, he takes a drastic step: he keeps constant watch over the fig tree the boy has planted at his father's gravesite. As the years pass, the man's lonely vigil makes him a tourist attraction, much to the chagrin of his former colleagues.

The Bastards' Fig Tree

Andrés, a music teacher from Madrid, faints from cancer on his first day in Basque town, overcoming shared experiences and fears to reach Bilbao hospital.