In a fictitious South American country there's lots of political tension, the labor-unions have all their members on strike. The public demands the return of politician B. from exile. However private trucker Pal can't afford to strike, so he's beaten up and his truck burned. In the headlines he's described as strike-breaker. This is only part of an intrigue which shall get him to murder B.

Dos mujeres muy jóvenes viven en una casa de campo en plena guerra. La mayor de ellas es el elemento activo, el que domina y controla cuanto ocurre en la casa. La pequeña es la víctima, la mujer dominada por los bombardeos y la mentalidad de su compañera, que la obliga a mantener una conducta enfermiza irreprochable. Este conflicto entre ambas es narrado por una voz en off -la de la mujer más joven- quien, a distancia ya, comenta aquel período de su vida.

After the civil war, Rosa, a beautiful and hard worker woman falls in love with a sharpener who turns out to be a con man. When she becomes a widow, she emigrates to Madrid with her daughter beginning to work as a nurse in the home of Don Pedro, an influential food manager.