Plaquita, the widow of a Paraguayan officer, rescues a wounded sergeant who has been a companion of her husband. She takes care of him and nurtures him back to health. But they only have one hope, to keep fighting for Paraguay against the Argentine Army.
The arrival in a bakery of the young wife of the boss, where the laborers are exploited inhumanly, unearths tension accumulated after many years of deprivation and maltreatment. A social drama about the exploitation of man.