Luis Antonio Ruiz

A loose retelling of the 13th century Galician legend of the boy Cotolay who helped three pilgrims establish the Convent of San Francisco near Santiago de Compostela.

Joselito is the son of Colonel José de Alvear, Earl of Almond. When his heroic father dies in the colonies, the victim of a cholera epidemic, the child is held by her guardian and executor, his uncle Martin, who wants to take his fortune.

Dawn in Madrid. In the Plaza de la Cibeles begins the daily grind. The statue of the goddess, from its source in the center of the square tells the story of a man, petty speculator, owner of an old building that is going to ask Saint Nicholas for his cooperation to make it sink, and thus be able to lift a twelve-story modern building. But the inhabitants of the block have also implored the Saint to prevent this from happening.