Francois Roques, a power-and-money-mad editor of a Paris newspaper invites four women to a housewarming at his penthouse apartment. He plans on one of them to meet death by means of a loose railing on the balcony.

1875. After completing her studies in boarding school, the young Duchess Anna Castellani, returns home and meets by chance a friend of her father, a count much older than herself.

The struggles of a newly married couple to achieve marital and economic stability.

Paris, second half of the 20th century. Countess Diana de Simerose has been evading the legitimate rights of her husband, who married her without love, since their wedding day. Fed up with the protracted abnormal situation, the count leaves on a journey, perhaps never to return.

The Basque shipowner Ignacio Ibarrola has two sons: Ignacio and José Mari. Both have very different characters and since childhood there has been a great rivalry between them.