Estanis González

In 1940, after watching and being traumatized by the movie Frankenstein (1931), a sensitive seven-year-old girl living in a small Spanish village drifts into her own fantasy world.

Juan flees Madrid and an incestuous relationship with his sister, Ana, working at a mine on the Andalucian coast. When his friendship with Rosario, a local shop girl, becomes romance, Ana shows up wanting to rekindle their affair....

After the hell of war many people from Madrid take refuge in El Paraíso, the most luxurious brothel in the capital, which has remained standing thanks to the unconditional support of the government's top officials.