A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man.
Alberto, a newspaper man, tries a one-time shot of living the good life with the help of his penniless mentor.
Carlos goes to visit his girlfriend Juana at the asylum where she works. Once there, the director introduces him to his niece, who is obsessed with playing the harp, and to a nurse who repeats word for word what Carlos says.