This is the story of a teenager at the turn of the century in the conservative higher classes of Chile and the initiation rites in his society.

Starts a love story between an art student and a medical student, narrated from Monday to Sunday.

A man squanders all of his wife's fortune in gambling and drinking. Now in financial crisis, the woman tries to keep their home afloat, while he plays, gets drunk and lives off his friends charity and good will.