Paulino Viota

Recently arrived in the city, Tian rents a room at a hostel called Villanueva. Javier, a member of an organization which is resisting Franco, is also living in this hostel. The two of them begin an intimate relationship. Fearing that they might be discovered by the owner of the hostel, they are forced to be secretive. Shortly afterwards Tina and Javier begin work conditions and the tension from their hidden relationship begins to affect the characters. (books.google.nl)

Marcos, a union leader, is beaten by the bosses' thugs and is forced to retire while his colleagues hesitate to continue the strike they are carrying out. (imdb)

The story of various, diverse relationships among different generations near Santander. The film uses flashbacks taken from Viota’s earlier film Fin de un invierno, and follows elements of his first feature Contactos.