Spain, 1949. Narcisa, a novice, arrives at an old convent, converted into a girls’ school, to work as a teacher.

Susana leaves her life in Paris, where she works as a model, and returns to Madrid to take care of her grandmother Pilar.

Mario, an exemplary man, lives in a village on the Galician coast. In the old people’s home, where he works as a nurse, everyone appreciates him. When the best known…