Amparo, a submissive young woman, tries to escape from her strict convent school but falls into the hands of “El Animal,” a violent and abusive man who forces her to become his wife. Trapped by fear and constant mistreatment, she clings to her love for her daughter and her hope for a better life. However, her strength and dignity may not be enough to stand against the cruelty of the ruthless Animal.

Manuel, an old man with terminal cancer, is afraid of leaving his son Simón, a young man with a profound cognitive disability, behind after his death. The old man exhausts the possibilities he has to find someone to take care of the boy, but it is the unexpected arrival of a fugitive, Roberto, who seems to give him a hope very different from the one he had considered.