María Saco

In a country house dedicated to breeding bulls, bound for bullfighting, a love story emerges, conditioned by social class differences.

The troubled story of the Churruca family, a noble lineage of brave seamen, descendants of Cosme Damián Churruca, the Spanish hero of the Battle of Trafalgar; from the Spanish-American War (1898) to the end of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39). (In 1950, a new cut of the film was released with less ideological depth and ten minutes shorter.)

Once the Spanish Civil War is over, the sons of the wealthy classes, who support politically and militarily the new regime, are preparing to begin their ascent in the social and economic sphere.

After her husband's sudden death, a young widow leaves her small town to start anew in the big city. On the train, she meets a fortune teller who will fill her in about the life she could've led had she never met her late husband.