The acquisition of a refrigerator is the excuse to expose the happiness and problems of a classic Cuban family in the 50's.

A young French woman and a Cuban woman share an income and friendship while studying at a Fine Arts Academy in Spain. When the pandemic begins, the Cuban woman falls seriously ill, but the sensitivity of an elderly artist changes her destiny.

Various family members attend a wake in a crumbling national funeral home to grieve the loss of their eldest patriarch, a patriot and proponent for the Cuban communist revolution until his death.