Country boy moves to Buenos Aires, falls upward into a prestigious career. Meanwhile two idle-class playboys are running practical jokes on him that interfere with his personal life.
A melodramatic, psychological thriller, the film tells the story of a young wealthy widow, who is unhappy. She meets a Bohemian artist who marries her to escape the poverty of his family, but is stifled by her possessiveness and jealousy.
While her husband is abroad, Luisa receives a visit from an old love, her cousin, who becomes a "dangerous attraction". Her husband's stay abroad is prolonged and her loneliness overwhelms her and her attraction to her cousin increases.
Upon learning that he has two months to live, a man distributes his fortune among his pensioners, over time he is still alive and has been left without a penny.