The action begins in 1847 with the arrival of the first German settlers in southern Chile. Don Vicente Perez Rosales is in charge of welcoming the immigrants who arrive by boat to the remote areas of Villarica. After the customary speeches promising loyalty to their new homeland, the settlers begin to work the land. Years pass. Frustrated Daniel, his noble brother Simón, and sweet Dora are three of those pioneers whom history revisits in their youth to explore a triangle of love and desire.

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 ..

Dora, the daughter of the owner of the hacienda El Trapiche. Destined to marry the heir of another nearby farm, she asks to travel to the United States. There she meets her fellow countryman Leonardo, with whom she has a torrid affair. When they return to Colombia all kinds of situations will happen to them.