A finales del siglo XIX, Goyo, un joven jornalero canario, es obligado a alistarse en el ejército español para combatir la revuelta independentista cubana. Durante la guerra, Goyo compartirá penurias con sus compañeros Galleguito y Sevillano, y se enamorará de una joven cubana...
The story of three women, of very different epochs, whose lives are strangely parallel. The first story, during colonial times, has a man brutalizing both his wife and a female black servant. Parallel with this story is that of a modern couple who perpetuate the stereotyped role of the woman as subservient.
