The film tells the story of the payador José Betinotti, a mythical character in Argentine music. It faithfully reconstructs the scenarios of the early twentieth century: the workers' struggles, the party meetings of the caudillos and the circus criollo, the cradle of Argentine theater and music.
Rich man suddenly feels compelled to track down his son from his first wife, whom he abandoned in early childhood.An imposter slides into his household on that pretext...