Lena

Set in Galicia in northwest Spain an area famed for its beauty and smuggling this film shows a oncethriving fishing and shipbuilding culture fallen on hard times Feisty street smart Lena 18 lives in semipenury with her harddrinking slob of a father Gorrión and hopes to escape by getting a grant to study in Portugal Gorrion is mixed up with local drugsmuggling mafiosi that includes Lenas godfather Gitano their Portugese Cachero and the strong silent Milio One day Lena returns from her job to find Gorrion badly beaten up The gang had accused him of stealing Lena visits the gangsters and offers to help pay off her fathers debt by working for them After Gorrion forgets to deliver Lenas grant papers a fragile emotional bond develops between Lena and Milio When they set off to Portugal to do a job events start to ramble