Years after his mysterious disappearance, Julio Arenas, a famous Spanish actor, is back in the news thanks to a television program.
Young Ana, a Sevillian girl sick of her family and her neighborhood, starts a relationship with the African-American boy her mum is hosting to avoid eviction.
Madrid, Spain, 1936. The young Miguel Gila lives happily with his grandparents in a humble attic; but the outbreak of the Civil War forces him to go to fight.