Four families intend to buy a flat. In one of them, Margarita wants to marry Ernesto, despite his reluctance. The purchase of the flat is a great inconvenience and he uses this to delay the wedding as much as possible.
Don Juan Alcántara is ruined. He does not dare to confess it to the family, since the unanimous opinion of those who know him is that he is a weakling. His lack of character is remedied by his doctor - pretend that he is suffering from schizophrenia.
Naive small town girl, Benita, moves to the capital to start a new life, but things don't go as planned - until she meets Don Carlos, a handsome doctor.
In the Madrid beginning of the 20th century two young people try to make it as artists: Elena intends to succeed in the music world and Pablo wants to become a famous painter.
Carlos, veterinary, poet, musician in his spare time and a fun-minded Don Juan,pretends to be his friend Fernando who has inherited a pharmacy in Madrid. There he meets an old girl friend that attracts him.
A woman is found murdered in her house the day after a party. The police begins the search for the killer asking questions to all the people that attended the party.
Manuel, a young man of eighteen, arrives in Madrid with the illusion of being a bullfighter. On arrival he meets Juan a ruined singer in his fifties who, along with his friend Lola, will help the boy to get a chance to bullfight in a probe at the estate of a famous businessman.
Filigranas and Aceituno go out to fight a bull in a village of La Mancha. The hours before the run pass slow, the two thinking about their fear and illusions of victory. Also in Fina, the cutest girl instead, deceived by Juanito, the son of the doctor who is the official promised the Mayor's...
