An Argentine writer agrees to travel with a detective, a married individual and a woman in a car, to cross the mountain range. A storm forces them to seek refuge in a cabin, inhabited by an old fan of esoteric arts. Along the way, we learn about Alberto's story and the reasons for his arrest. In an oversight the criminal and the woman escape the detective's vigil ...

A peasant family composed of Don Juan de la Cruz Pizarro, his wife Doña Juliana and their six children who, like the branches of a tree, grow and detach from the trunk that gave them life ..