Dreamer father wants son to become a bullfighter, and daughter to become a singer, so they become instant millionares, although their talent is not apparently there.
Joaquín, sick with cancer, decides not to wait for death, subject to the suffering caused by the disease, so he escapes to his home in Veracruz. Without him knowing it, his grandson Ramón follows him and on the trip he understands his grandfather's need to die with dignity.
