This is the story of a woman who returns to her neighborhood after a long absence and leaving behind dubious company. Her arrival causes misfortunes and revives dark forgotten feelings.
A mother takes her husband away from her daughter; the first falls into misery and this is forced to marry a man who does not love.
A thief, after robbing a bank, meets by accident an aristocratic woman who asks for money to help an elderly asylum. They fall in love despite belonging to two different worlds.
The film evokes the career of boxer Luis Ángel Firpo.