Rosa, the daughter of the foreman of Don Ramón, a wealthy landowner, has to take refuge in a hut one stormy night. There she is raped by a stranger whom she cannot see except for his terrible eyes. Rosa becomes pregnant and gives birth to a girl.

Cebrian, a blast furnace worker Asturian, being held at the Civil Guard barracks. There has to be accountable for the disasters in a day of party with two friends.