Estudios Ballesteros

Barcelona, Spain, at the end of the 19th century. Joaquín Rius, a prominent businessman, marries the young Mariona Rebull. Their apparent happiness is overshadowed by the arrival of Ernesto Villar, Joaquín's friend and Mariona's former lover.

During King Fernando's reign an Andalusian gentleman adventures as much with bulls as with women, and also politically joining the liberal cause against the absolutist King.