This satirical comedy follows the strict older generation pitting themselves against the pleasure-seeking youths, both in 1947 and in 1978.

Miguel Morán is a crime novelist with a seemingly stable family. When he's stuck, his friend Ricardo Lequinache helps him complete his mystery stories, but when his wife decides to divorce him, Miguel isolates himself in the mountains to reflect and, in the process, complete his latest book.

A former Francoist becomes a democrat after the Spanish Transition