A look at two Basque villages: the great Corpus Christi festival in Hélette and the performance of the pastoral Pete Basaburu performed and sung by the inhabitants of Pagolle in the summer of 1982. In the first part (with some scenes also filmed in Baigorri), Iosseliani observes the daily life of Basque peasants: cheese production, sheep shearing and milking, work in the fields; then he moves on to leisure time, with pelota matches, dance rehearsals, competitions and games.
