Set in an old fishing village where the sea has vanished and drought has driven most men away, two children—Boris and Toumbil—cling to each other through their strong friendship amid desolation. With parents leaving for better prospects, the boys transform stranded boats into their playground.
In Venice, a thief makes a robbery in St-Marc for the mob and catch a tourist who witnesses him as he was stealing a precious stone in St-Marc. He tries to get rid of her. In the struggle that follows, she swallows the stolen stone.
