Finding himself already weak to take care of his granddaughter, Tay Edoy, a 70-year-old fisherman decides to give up 8-year-old Celyn to her other grandparents. The journey from the seaside to the farmland becomes the two’s final moment together before they separate ways.

Centered around the diminishing trade of the Mananguete, the story unfolds against the backdrop of Nilo’s encroaching memory loss, a devoted father, racing against time to carve out a brighter future for his son.

In the middle of World War 2, Tonton loses his innocence, finding the gruesome fate his sisters and friends go through at the hands of the Japanese soldiers, as he fights for himself, his family, and his country.