Amos es marinero y propietario de un barco. Espera impaciente la llegada de un tío suyo que, desde la guerra civil (1936-1939), ha vivido exiliado en la Unión Soviética. No tienen tiempo de conocerse porque inesperadamente el anciano muere. Amos sabe, por las cartas que recibía su madre, que su tío guardaba algo muy valioso, pero no lo encuentra en el equipaje de su pariente.

Amós is a sailor and owner of a ship. He is impatient with the arrival of his uncle who returns from the Soviet Union, after having exiled there after the Civil War. They have no time to meet because the old man unexpectedly dies. Amos knows, thanks to the letters his mother received, that his uncle had a treasure. However, this one is not among the objects that were in the old man's room.