Vidal (Darín) is about to be bankrupt, so he sets up a fake car robbery with a small-time mobster to collect insurance and split the money. But his perfect plan becomes entangled by his increasingly dangerous ties to the mob and the meddling of a rogue insurance investigator (Pinti), who eventually strikes a deal with Vidal and decides to team up with him and his wife (Papaleo) to bring down the mob and expose the corruption that links a high-ranking executive to the mafia.

Un hombre con urgencias monetarias decide fingir el robo de su auto para cobrar el seguro, pero las cosas se complicarán porque el investigador de la aseguradora comenzará a investigar de más.