Gonzalo Romero, a young Argentine lawyer, struggles to find his place in a world ruled by pessimism. When his father and brother are assaulted by the nephew of a senator, he sets out on a long journey to bring the aggressor to trial.
A couple of art representatives, harassed by their debts with a mafia organization, invent an "uncle's story" to defraud a group of alleged heirs, posing as the testator's lawyers.