Set in coastal Northwestern Spain of 1979 and framed by the 1990 true-to-fact razzia of almost the entire Galician drug cartel, Farinia - Snow in Galicia portrays the rise to power of Sito from right-hand man to the local cigarette smuggling racket's godfather to when he takes the reins into his own hands while local head of police Enrique León watches his every step from a distance, preparing for just the right moment to make his move.