The Galician Mountain Horse breed is disappearing, only a few wild horses resist harassment by cattle thieves, by wolves and now by multinational power companies. By their side the small village of Sabucedo preserves something unique: an ancestral and intimate bond. The conflicts of the wild horses become the conflicts of the community. Every year the village celebrates the “Rapa das Bestas” and 15.000 people come to witness the atavistic, to see the villagers cutting horses ́ manes in a hand to hand showdown. Nobody suspects the reality behind the legend: as there are less villagers in Sabucedo, like in a mirror, there are less wild horses in the mountain.