In 1960s Spain an impoverished Vicente Ferrer and his wily ex-classmate, Arantxa Sanchez, discover that his estranged English mother has hidden jewels inside on of four porcelain figurines. But which one? And what has his mother does with them? Having been reminded that she gave them to an Aunt, they set off across half of Spain to retrieve them. But how are they going to covertly discover which figurine hides the jewels without breaking any of them?...