Elisa (Catherine Spaak) is an aristocrat whose graduate studies keep her in Madrid during the summer break. There, she encounters Pablo (Frederic de Pasquale), a sad, disillusioned photographer who has suffered disgrace under the Franco regime due to his political allegiances. His 12-year-old son is living with him, and neither of them is much interested in starting anything with her, but her fascination with them results in a brief affair.