Marcos is an insignificant bank employee. Inside an ancient farm house on the point of collapse, he finds a collection of paintings of dubious artistic value. These are supposedly the work of an unknown Chilean painter who had a certain amount of success in Paris in the thirties.

Our hero, together with his girlfriend, feels that he should take on the task of making this “artistic treasure” known so as to leave new artistic wealth for the Nation as his life’s legacy.

Marcos has to go through adventures and misadventures trying to rescue his discovery as certain shady characters have a sudden interest in getting hold of the “Museum” and the “Works of Art” which took on instant value when they were unveiled by the media.

Marcos es un insignificante empleado de banco de mediana edad. En la mente de Marcos sólo existe un objetivo: conseguir acostarse sin prejuicios ni cohibiciones con su ingenua novia Hilda.

Para ello, Marcos la lleva de viaje a un balneario solitario en pleno invierno. Allí, descubrirá algo que dará sentido a su existencia. En el interior de una casa que está a punto de derrumbarse encontrará una colección de cuadros obra de un pintor chileno desconocido pero que había tenido cierto éxito en el París de los años 30.

An old, sick sailor, Don Arnaldo, lives with his obedient son, “El Gordo”. From his bed he controls all the movements of the house through mirrors that hang on the walls of his bedroom. But “El Gordo” wants to be free once and for all. When he meets Lucrecia, he at last summons enough strength to leave. But this rebel makes Don Arnaldo furious, who will stop at nothing to regain control of his son.