Carlos Ruiz de la Tejera

A bourgeois Cuban family of aristocratic origin locks itself into its mansion when the Cuban Revolution comes to power, waiting for the new regime to be overthrown. As time passes, they regress to older and older systems of policital order, from capitalism to feudalism to "primitive savagery."

In 1672 Cuban revolutionaries launch an uprising against the Spanish who are occupying the country.

Um trabalhador exemplar morre em um acidente e é enterrado com a sua carteira de trabalho. Para conseguir o direito de pensão para a sua tia, Juanchín sofre os percalços de uma odisseia provocada pelos absurdos da burocracia.