A portrait of a Chilean middle-class family in the 1940s and 1970s.

After living many years in Miami, Bill returns to Chile looking for his brother. One night they meet again and celebrate the event with a night of revelry. The next day, Bill wakes up alone and since then he loses all traces of his brother. Mysteriously a detective appears and offers to help, starting a searching and a succession of misunderstandings.

Alejandro Silva is a 16-years-old boy who decides to leave his home, to go in search of brother, who have gone missing for some time. He embarks on the school-ship "Esmeralda". The adventures that Alejandro lives on his trip in search of his brother will mark his passage to adulthood.

Set in Santiago de Chile in the 50's and divided into three stories. The first story is about a young woman who has just discovered that she's pregnant. The father refuses to cooperate. The second story is set in Arica, and concerns smuggling in northern Chile. The third and final story, "Ojos de gato", concerns a cashier that is bewitched by a mysterious "Lady in Black".

The story of the first colony of immigrants to arrive in the province of Santa Fe, in Argentina.