Pedrito de Andia is an adolescent self-conscious about his height something that, in love with his childhood friend, Isabel, goes to port forward to receive her after a long stay abroad. However, when he sees his friend turned into a slender woman, the boy feels dwarfed and, indeed, when he receives a snub by refusing a dance, preferring a more attractive guy with whom Pedrito fight. This scandal ends in punishment and he is sent to Andia, his town, to think. He agrees with the hope that one day she recognize love beyond appearances.
Vincent is recovering from a nervous breakdown in a seaside village on the Costa Brava. He enters into an affair with nightclub owner Jenny, but their relationship changes when she falls for alcoholic author Pascal Regnier, who is struggling to resume his writing career. Vincent eventually returns home, leaving Jenny to stay on with Pascal and his young son Daniel.
