But all this suddenly changes when late one night he witnesses a plane crash just outside the village, and discovers Ernesto, the plane’s mysterious Colombian pilot who doesn’t speak a word of English.
Determined to help him get his plane back in the air, Paco convinces the locals to rally together and build a runway to get Ernesto home - an endeavour that lifts the spirits of the entire village and changes Paco’s world forever. Inspired by the true story of a South American pilot who made an emergency landing on Mallow racecourse Co. Cork, in 1983.