When a concert pianist is crippled in a car accident, his wife turns to gambling and gets in over her head.

A criminal takes advantage of a bum who crosses his path and convinces him to carry out robberies for him.

A prostitute persecuted by the police, receives the interested protection of a greedy merchant. He takes refuge in his house one night and meets his nephew, a sensitive boy who wants to be a musician.

A young woman criticized by her family for her dissipated life embarks on a new path.

A hotel waiter, a femme fatale and a failure.

Matilda, a girl from a wealthy family, is in love with Mario de Larosa, a singer and heartthrob who is adored by women everywhere. She knows all his songs by heart and prays to heaven to give her the opportunity to meet her idol in person. Her dreams come true — Mario is scheduled to sign autographs at an appliance and record store, and Matilda and her cousin rush to this fateful meeting, which will fundamentally change the lives of the young woman and Mario himself...

A poor young woman falls in love with a perfume businessman of whom she is a secretary.

Several individual stories converge in the imposing setting of the southernmost tip of the continent, all of them involving a crisis of faith. Most of the important situations in the film are based on real episodes, such as the massacre of indigenous people perpetrated by the landowners in the area.

A doctor is persecuted after treating a tortured man at a police station.

A banker's mistress falls in love with a colorful writer, but to hide the situation from him, she pretends to be the banker's daughter, which causes many complications, until the situation is cleared up for the good of the young couple.