Madre de Juan
In the autumn of 1970, Juan, a Spanish poet living in Paris working for UNESCO, returns on vacation to his hometown, Burgos. The city is under heavy police and military surveillance due to the so-called Burgos process, a summary military trial against a group of ETA members and other militants against Francisco Franco’s regime.
Teresa
Pelayo is leaving to work for his uncle Lorenzo and to find a nice girl to settle down with. Pelayo arrives to find out that Lorenzo's "business" is in fact a male strip show and Lorenzo's dancers are a laughing stock. Lorenzo has all his money tied up in his wedding with ex-prostitute Palmira. With Pelayo arriving life turns upside down. Can Lorenzo keep his infidelities a secret and his crew off the streets? Can Pelayo keep from falling for a prostitute on his way to finding a wife?
Tía Chus
On the way to his exile in Lisbon, Mario meets Silvia, a widow who turns out to be one of his admirers. Silvia has inherited a fortune, leading Mario to resume his career, eventually falling for him. Although Mario has relations with her, he makes it clear that will never fall in love. In Madrid, Juan Pepita and resume their relationship, and because of this the jilted Nena John Colman murders before Pepita, after being arrested. Pepita accepts a contract in Argentina, reunited with Mario. There he meets Tulio, who after starting a relationship with singer eventually ask marriage.
Gertrudis
Amalia
스페인의 군주제가 공화제로 바뀌던 1930년대, 반군국주의 반란에 참가했던 젊은이 페르난도(Fernando: 조르지 산즈 분)는 탈영을 하고 어느 마을로 흘러 들어온다. 그는 우연찮게 마놀로 씨(Manolo: 페르난도 페르난 고메즈 분)의 집에서 네 명의 딸들과 함께 지내게 된다. 일년 전에 남편을 잃은 첫째 클라라(Clara: 미리암 미아즈 아로카 분), 남자같은 면이 강한 둘째 비올레타(Violeta: 아리아드나 길 분), 셋째 로시오(Rocio: 마리벨 베르두 분), 막내 루스(Luz: 페네로프 크루즈 분) 등 네 딸과, 요리를 잘하는 페르난도는 화목하고 즐겁게 보낸다. 서로 가까워지게 되면서 페르난도는 세 딸을 차례로 사랑하게 되지만 지나치게 자유로운 여자들에게 회의를 느끼게 되고 결국 막내딸 루스와 사랑을 이뤄 결혼하고 새로운 삶을 찾아 기회의 땅 미국으로 떠난다.
In 1940's Madrid. Juan plays piano for Pepita and her on-stage partner Mario. Although Mario really wants to steal Juan for himself, Juan is not interested and Mario resorts to a string of lovers as consolation. When he loves (and leaves) a young nobleman, the young man wants revenge.
Fernanda / Reina
In the early Spanish Civil Post-war, in Madrid, during the most hard times of the Franco dictatorship, a group of second-rate players try to get out of their wretched lives taking advantage of the artistic caprices of the son of a rich man who supports the regime. They try to stage a Pre-war 'zarzuela' (a sort of Spanish operetta), 'La Corte Del Faraón', which ironically, thirty years later, is too obscene for the regime censorship. They finally manage to perform the 'zarzuela' but end up in the police station where they confirm that justice depends on which side are you on
