Set during the time of the Spanish Civil War, this drama explores the efforts of the ancient mother of an elderly man to win an inheritance which can only be theirs if the mentally damaged woman she has persuaded her son to marry has children. When the old man cannot consummate the marriage with sufficient vigor to ensure offspring, the desperate old lady begins loaning the girl out for liaisons with other men in town, in particular the town's mayor. ~ Clarke Fountain, Rovi