The young Candelas, seduced and abandoned by Arturo, an unscrupulous womanizer, meets two soldiers, Tiburcio and Angelillo, who, in order to help the girl out of her predicament, organize a musical recital to raise money.
Carmen and Ángel are in love but her mother doesn't approve their relationship. When Carmen gets pregned, Ángel decides to to go the city to star a career as a singer and earn enough money to take Carmen with him, but he never returns and Carmen, scared of her parents, decides to run from home and embrace a disolated life as a prostitute.
