Victoriano Romera

Temeroso, an elderly nursing home resident, reminisces about his younger years, when he possessed a singular sense of rhythm and a special intuition, unique abilities that enabled him to become the chief detective inspector of Prim's Household Appliances.

A group of Africans clandestinely reaches the coast of southern Spain. Among them is Alou, a 28 years old Senegalese. As all his belongings are stolen while in Almsería, he has no choice but to engage in street vending. His only pleasure are the letters he writes to his family to tell the vicissitudes of his Spanish adventure.

Moises is a mature homosexual, which is having an affair by correspondence with Hilario, a recently widowed man who lives in Valencia. They decide to meet in Madrid and live together. But the chosen day is 23 February, the one in which Lieutenant Colonel Tejero attempts a coup d'etat.

故郷“エル・スール”（スペイン語で“南”の意味）を捨て、北の地へ移り住んだ父の姿を、スペイン内戦や、彼の忘れ得ぬ恋人への想いを絡め、その娘の目を通して描いたヒューマン・ドラマ。