A portrait of several characters of Spanish culture who were very popular at another time, but who were completely forgotten in their old age. All of them show the reality of abandonment and the decay of oblivion. They really are broken toys.

Palomina, the daughter of a sausage manufacturer, is asked to marry Fermín de Bizcochea, but she prefers the boxer Hilario Martínez, who makes the suitor look ridiculous with his fists.