Eusebio is a mechanic who is worried that his daughter, Balbina, is having emotional problems. Balbina, in turn, is struggling to come to terms with the loss of her lover, Don Natalio. In other plot threads, Higinio struggles to find help for his brother, who is on death row, while in a bank managed by Mendez. Sr. Estevez prepares for a competition that will pit his speed with numbers against a new-fangled invention called a calculator. Meanwhile, Argentineans Hugo and his actress wife are in Spain trying to raise money for a film, with their campy assistance of agent Samueye.