A powerful story about how the past shapes the present, Remains of the Wind is set in a remote village in rural Portugal. Twenty-five years ago, during the annual performance of an ancient community pagan ritual where young men torment the women, one of them, Laureano, gets too aggressive with a young girl and is viciously beaten by his peers. Flash forward to today: the now adult and still troubled Laureano has isolated himself and lives alone with his dogs. Meanwhile, two of the men involved in that altercation all those years ago, Samuel and Vitor, have also grown up in the community. When Samuel’s young son Paulo, who shows signs of being overly forceful with women, is found murdered, an investigation is launched and Laureano becomes a prime suspect.