April, 1940. Manolo, 16 years old, and Jesus, who is just 8, are taken by their older brother Pepe, a lieutenant in the Army, to a sanatorium for children suffering from tuberculosis, situated on the border with Portugal. Once in the sanatorium, Manolo, surrounded by boys all much younger than he is, feels a bit like the cock of the walk since the only other man around is the handyman Emilio who looks after the gardens and does whatever needs to be done about the place. His wife, Rafaela, is the cook. Manolo meets Irene, a falangist who runs the sanatorium, and the school teacher, Miss Transito, a crabby spinster. He has his first sexual experience, albeit as a voyeur, with his nurse Vicenta. When she has to leave, her place is taken by a girl from the village, Maria Jesus, with whom Manolo falls hopelessly in love. A relationship grows up between them which will mark them both for ever.
Jorge Sanz
Verónica Forqué
Maribel Verdú
Rafaela Aparicio
Santiago Ramos
Chus Lampreave
José «Saza» Sazatornil
Manuel Alexandre
Violeta Cela
Diana Peñalver
Lucas Martín
Juan de Pablos
Pedro Reyes
Pilar Marco
José María Cañete
Gabriel Latorre
António Sequeira Lopes
María Jesús Hoyos
Sonia Tarin
Mercedes Jiménez
Carmen Velasco
Paloma Recio
Isabel Ordaz
Pilar Ordóñez
Mónica Martín
Bárbara Tardón
Sot'so
José Antonio Díaz
Herlinda Cembreros
Javier Lozano
Joaquín Chaves
Carlos Lucas
Ismael Martín
Marcelo García Flores
Rosa Pascual
Asunción Nogales
Casimira Encinas
Carmen Espada
Rafael Serna
Jesús Fernández
Manuel Huete