Restless Filipino, Gilberto Ramos, leaves the U.S. to return to his beloved homeland at the end of World War II. His new American wife, Sophia, happily joins him to escape a family in ruin and to satisfy her wanderlust. Their four children are raised with a love of family, music and the sea, but their four minds are focused in four different directions. One wants to see the world, one wants to own the world, one wants to make music for the world, and one wants simply to live in the world. Their directions are set. How will fate intervene?