In New York, a surly, down-on-his-heels playwright meets a country girl who's giving up trying to act and returning home. He goes with her for inspiration when his agent convinces a stage star to take his next effort. When he returns to Broadway, his girl stays behind and starts seeing a local businessman.

After many years away from home, Martín goes back to take over the hardware store his father left him when he died. Officer Olivera acts nicely and tells Martín he has memories of him as a child. However, he will soon reveal his intentions of collecting an old debt.

Temeroso, an elderly nursing home resident, reminisces about his younger years, when he possessed a singular sense of rhythm and a special intuition, unique abilities that enabled him to become the chief detective inspector of Prim's Household Appliances.