A man who cannot read or write is given a letter that says he is the inheritor of two million pesos, which starts off a series of events regarding his job, love, and education.
A new priest comes to a little town causing discomfort to parishioners.
A good-hearted clerk falls in grace to a minister who invites him to work for the government. His ethics on job alienates him from colleagues while making efforts to return speech to a girl.
An old and seriously ill man, who lives with his son, meets an older woman, who is suffering the same cirumstances like he, and soon starts to fell better and becoming sane.
The narrator of the film explains to us that the Madrid of today keeps its old structure. To confirm it, the film begins with a story based on modern characters, but soon jumps 70 years ...