Adaptation of the novel by José María Vargas Vila, a romantic drama that tells about the middle-class Bogota early last century.
A man suffers from leprosy. The disease progresses in such a way that it drives him to madness, without his wife's knowledge. She begins to suffer a progressive moral deterioration, which completely ruins the marital relationship, this intense conflict leads to the worst outcome.
A young and beautiful woman is soon to be married. However, her plans are complicated by the attraction she begins to feel for the painter who paints her portrait, who is also a boxer.
