Víctor, Manuel and Fermín are three adolescent friends who live in Quito. Víctor wants to see the beach for the first time, because he didn’t have a chance to know the sea in his short life; Fermín and Manuel decide to take him on a fleeting trip to the beach. As they are moving forward and their plan fails, Fermín decides to steal from his neighbor the closest thing to the feeling of being by the sea: a giant conch shell.

Víctor, Manuel y Fermín son tres amigos adolescentes que viven en Quito. Víctor quiere ver la playa por primera vez, porque no tuvo la oportunidad de conocer el mar en su corta vida; Fermín y Manuel deciden llevarlo a la playa, mientras avanzan y su plan falla, Fermín decide robarle a su vecino lo más parecido a la sensación de estar junto al mar: una caracola gigante.