Salamanca, 1973. A congressman in love with his daughter's teacher hires an assassin to kill his wife.

A businessman falls in love with a beautiful young woman, showers her with attention and turns her into a star without confessing his love to her.

Charley Farthing is on the run. Chased by an irate husband with murder on his mind, Charley finds himself hopping on a ship, chased by authorities on a politically turmoiled island and forced to skipper an old ship all the way to Ireland.

Palmira looks after her drunkard father and survives by running errands for her neighbours. Her dream is to have a bicycle and one day she takes one that has been abandoned by its owner, starting trouble. Based on the book "Bibiana y su mundo" by José Luis Olaizola Sarriá.