In the Huasteca of Tamaulipas during the most important dance festival of the region, Julia, Huapango national champion, announces her marriage to the distinguished and wealthy rancher Otilio, while Santiago, her dance partner, driven by jealousy and spite, decides to take revenge on the newlyweds.
José is a grumpy 60-year-old man. One day he finds the diary of Elena, his deceased wife, where she says that she had three lovers. Enraged by the deception, José sets out on a long journey throughout Baja California to find each of them.