Hugo, a dispirited English Literature professor, sets out on a one-way trip in search of a lighthouse. Halfway there he meets Paco, an 18 year-old smart ass, hitching a ride West. The road takes the unlikely pair to a greasy spoon in the middle of nowhere, where three peculiar waitresses persuade them to stay the night and, unknowingly, change their lives.
Jorge has no money or insurance when his wife needs heart surgery, so he decides to rob a bank.
Based on the life of actress Rosaura Andreu.
