Funcionario (uncredited)
A young man, son and grandson of soldiers, refuses to perform military service, causing a commotion in the whole family. Finally, social, environmental and family pressures, will force the young to make a decision that will have unforeseeable consequences.
Biography of Julian Gayarre (1844-1890), one of the best tenors of all times. At 19, a professor at the Conservatory of Music in Madrid heard him singing for the first time and offered him a scholarship to continue his studies. His artistic life runs between continued success, becoming the world's greatest tenor. But in 1890, while singing at the Teatro Real in Madrid, a failure in his voice is like a cruel reminder of what would happen a few days later: his death at a young age. The doctors gave a diagnosis, but his friends know that Julian Gayarre died because he could not sing anymore.
Regidor
Carmen leaves her husband Julio to go live with an intellectual who has made a career in the United States. While, Julio goes away to live of rent to house of an aristocrat come to less. After meeting several colorful characters, Julio decides to recover Carmen.
Director
Some friends struggle for their first jobs.
Director José Luis Garci has turned his camera inward on filmmakers and screenwriters to portray them as so self-absorbed in the creative process that there is no other world, no other human relationship that can compete. As José (Adolfo Marsillach) and Federico (Jesus Puente) work together on a new screenplay, their interactions with their family (José's teen daughters, Federico's wife) disappear under the all-consuming task of creation. The daughters give up and go off on their own, and the wife joins a convent while Federico barely notices. And when the producer is interrupted by profound grief at the sudden death of his older son, he almost automatically returns to thinking about the film project when the funeral has ended. Garci honors many great directors at the beginning of this film, and the film continues to play out as an elaboration on this homage -- an illustration both of the dedication and the cost of filmmaking, no judgments given.
Tailor
Детектив Херман Арета принимает дело, рекомендованное его бывшим комиссаром. Новый клиент, по имени Мигель Сампедро, является зрелым гомосексуалистом, которого после 20 лет связи, только что, бросил его партнер, и он хочет знать, есть ли между ними кто-то третий. Когда они оба оказываются мертвыми, кажется, что один убил другого, прежде чем покончить с собой.
Ernesto
A Nobel prize winner returns to his natal city looking for his home.
Waiter
К частному детективу Херману Арете приходит неизлечимо больной человек, который хочет увидеть свою давно сбежавшую дочь перед своей смертью. Но когда Арета начинает расследование, это приводит его в тёмную изнанку Мадрида, где он обнаруживает, что не только он ищет девушку. Кто-то другой тоже заинтересован в ней, кто-то могущественный и опасный, который ни перед чем не остановится, чтобы помешать Арете раскрыть правду...
Militar
Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties.
Médico
Vicente and Margarita are a traditional and middle class married couple whose life is surrounded by a sea of confusion and uncertainty when their children begin to make their own decisions. They have discovered love and will not let their parents tell them what to do or who they have to love. The principles and traditions of the family will be replaced by each of the young people who will represent the different social problems of the time. Thus, the coexistence between them will change without Vicente and Marga can do anything to avoid it.
Singer
В некой южноамериканской стране складывается напряженная политическая ситуация. Общественность требует возвращения из изгнания популярного политика Б. По всей территории прокатывается волна забастовок. Однако водитель грузовика Пал Ковак игнорирует стачку и оказывается в черном списке профсоюза. Его автомобиль сожжен неизвестными, напарник погиб, а сам он теперь не может найти работу. Спецслужбы, отслеживающие ситуацию, считают, что в лице Ковака нашли идеальную кандидатуру в убийцы оппозиционного политика. Спецоперация начинается…
A movie crew shooting a film featuring a comic-strip hero named The Sexy Cat finds itself stalked by a serial killer who begins murdering the cast and crew.
