Professional gambler Rufus convinces an ex-girlfriend to help him pull one over on a corrupt casino owner.
Sylvia Sommer is a pop singer who travels to the Antilles to rest. She is mistaken for her doppelganger, who tried to get diamonds from a sunken ship. Through this case of mistaken identity Sylvia goes from one adventure to the next.
Spanish poet Federico García Lorca is condemned to death by Captain Nestares after an absurd interrogation that serves to make it clear to the people that the Spanish Civil War is a war of ideas, and that there is no place for individuals like Lorca in Spain.
