Mario, a university professor, uses his research on the writer Ezequiel Martínez Estrada to escape from his past. Settled in Bahía Blanca, the new city seems to be the ideal place for him to forget, until a chance encounter with an old friend unleashes the worst of dangers.
An old Renault 12 stops at a gas station. Its driver tricks the Attendant, a submissive employee, into driving the car to prevent the end of the world. As the Attendant drives non-stop, he confronts the enjoyment of the lives of others, who are outside of the car that makes the world spin.
