A store clerk lives in the furniture section without anyone noticing.

The film begins with some sequences related to the youth of Dr. Ricardo Gutiérrez, his arrival in Buenos Aires from his native Arrecifes, his law studies and a double frustration, as a writer and in his crush on a young woman who loved another man.

Responsible and composed doctor goes on a spree with a friend with two beautiful women, and his wife finds out.

The life of the tenants of a Buenos Aires tenement during the interwar period.

A vile woman has a change of attitude and starts helping a scientist who deliberately infects himself to test the efficacy of a vaccine.

El Grito Sagrado (The Silent Call) is a fictionalized retelling of Argentina's fight for independence from Spain. The story is "personalized" by being related through the eyes of Mariquita Sanchez de Thompson y Mendeville, played by popular Latin American leading lady Fanny Navarro. Rebelling against the cozy traditionalism of her family, Mariquita weds tireless patriot Martin Thompson (Carlos Cores). She remains by her husband's side as he helps to fend off a British invasion and to achieve freedom for the Argentine slave population. Oddly, the principal villains in the film are the British, a reflection perhaps of Argentine dictator Juan Peron's ongoing efforts to curry favor with Spain.

The sometimes profound, sometimes slightly sordid tale of Elena, a famous concert pianist who, as a child, was sexually assaulted by a circus clown while the music of Manuel de Falla "Ritual Dance of Fire" could be heard from the circus tent. Since that time, Elena has gone into hysterics every time she hears that composition. Making matters worse, the lascivious clown is now her business manager.

To investigate a robbery, a journalist embarks on the maiden voyage of a ship that will never take place

A man who arrives in paradise explains his earthly misfortune.

A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station.