Elena and Marcos live in a guesthouse. Their serious financial difficulties force them to resort to the help of Mrs. Jarque, an aunt of Elena who humiliates Marcos constantly. Marcos dreams that he kills Mrs. Jarque, and she appears dead.

A woman who works as employee in a fashion store has to care for her ill mother. At the same time she falls in love with a bohemian man.

In 1918, a young woman is taken to a coastal resort by her parents to find her a suitable husband.