Sumptuous Cuban period drama set in Havana 1914. After the death of her father, a hugely wealthy former slave trader, Amada (Eslinda Nunez) now lives in her villa with her husband Dionisio, her blind mother and an old servant. Her marriage is a loveless one and her husband is unfaithful, so when she meets her younger cousin Marcial (Cesar Evora) once again, it stirs deep passions within her. Only in her dreams, however, could she dare to play with the idea of fleeing with this journalist who is devoted to the cause of freedom and social justice.