Merlo was the place chosen by the López Araújo for their last family vacations. The day that the holidays end and they return to Buenos Aires, the parents will be separated. And the children will alternately see their father and mother. During the holidays the wife tries to live as if they were still a happy marriage.

A former librarian plunged into misery settles in a shanty town, where he will discover love and witness -and to a large extent the protagonist- of extremely dramatic situations, before leaving in a new direction.