Adaptation of the novel My idolized son Sisi by Miguel Delibes. In Castilla, 1936, Cecilio Rubes tries to remain neutral in the face of the imminent civil war. Little by little, his present and his past is shown through his wife, Adela and his lover, Paulina. It portrays the family, love, sexual and political passions of characters destroyed by the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939).