Production
The elderly heir of a formerly wealthy and respected Chilean family, Andres, suffers from decadence and solitude. He hires young Estela in order to look after his tiranic and almost crazy grandmother. The differences in class and age don't stop Andres from courting Estela, whose fiancé Mario tries to make some money with the passions of his well-off rival. The suffocating atmosphere of the run-down mansion in the outskirts of Santiago represents the deterioration of the bourgeoisie, and sets the scene for the total collapse of Andres.
The contrast of the parallel lives of two women personified in a single actress (Delfina Guzmán). Despite the radical differences between their lives, they are intimately connected to each other. Candelaria is a vagabond in Parque Forestal, crazy but happy. In contrast, in a comfortable and luxurious apartment, lives Laura, who is harassed by the greed of her children and her lover, who will not rest until they strip her of her fortune and expel her from the country.
The journey of a retired music teacher who witnesses the detention of a former student by the security agencies of dictatorship. This strong experience leads him to give up on a dream trip to Europe and to begin an intense search for the student's relatives and make them know about what has happened to him.
Olguita and Osvaldo are planning to get married, but she imposes only one condition for this to happen: she must own at least one property from his,regardless of its worth.
