End of the Spanish Civil War. Republicans retreat across the Pyrenees to France. A Latvian soldier, Zorzs, and a French nurse, Iveta, accidentally meet.
Latvia in the 1920s. The enterprising Edgars Ceplis establishes a company to produce bricks from Latvian clay for export. Many are involved in his project, hoping for the huge profits the venture promises. Ceplis soon becomes infatuated with his office typist Austra Zīle and starts neglecting the business...
Head of the CID and his colleagues are investigating a serious crime but the main witnesses are of no help.
