曼莫（路易斯•费尔南多•佩纳 Luis Fernando Peña 饰）与父母生活在墨西哥小镇桑塔安那，靠务农为生。德里奥水公司在附近河流建坝拦水，至使整个地区严重缺水。高昂的水价致使走投无路的农民去坝上偷水。德里奥水公司在美国境内的总部则雇佣飞行员鲁迪（雅各布•维加斯 Jacob Vargas 饰）通过精神连线遥控操作无人轰炸机打击“恐怖分子”保护水坝，炸毁了曼莫的住所，曼莫的父亲被当场杀死...
The plot features Eugenio, a young jeweller who in the late sixties meets Conchita on a bus in Barcelona. They instantly fall in love and he learns to play the guitar to accompany her in her music car...