After retiring to the beautiful Mexican town of Guanajuato, a 70 year old decides to follow his dreams and enroll at the university where he stumbles upon a new generation and they are bound together by the novel Don Quijote de la Mancha.
The friars of a poor war-ravaged monastery find an infant abandoned on their doorstep.
A beautiful gypsy named Yesenia has no set path in life. During a caravan trip she meets Osvaldo who is enrolled in the militia, they both fall in love despite their differences and social prejudices.
After accidentally hitting a boy with her car, a young woman pretends to be a nurse in order secretly help him to recover.