Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired as a consequence. The Marchioness of Montenegro is an aging aristocrat, ruined economically, but still with wealthy and influential friends. She helps Rafael finds a new job in Madrid as the gardener in the mansion of Antonio Fernández Herrador, Minister of economy in the new democratic Spanish government.
Amparo Muñoz
Simón Andreu
María Martín
Irina Kuberskaya
Julieta Serrano
Manuel Torres
Pedro Armendáriz Jr.
José Luis Fernández 'Pirri'
Enrique San Francisco
Pastor Serrador
José Manuel Cervino
Ángel García
José Luis Alexandre
Manuel Calvo
Francisco Casares
Hans Burmann
Eloy de la Iglesia
Antonio Gamero
Gonzalo Goicoechea
Carlos Kaniowsky
Julio Ruano
Antonio Betancourt