A delinquent from the suburbs of Montevideo, fond of the guitar and singing, plans, thanks to the help of a journalist, to appear at a rock festival. The police, who have found out about his plans, hope to catch him.

In 1884, the famous painter Juan Manuel Blanes, from Uruguay, is asked to create a portrait of José Artigas. There is only one drawing of his face, done in his old age so Blanes must imagine what he looked like by reading up on his ideas and learning about his life.