Manuel Lorenzo

Private detective Germán Areta el Piojo investigates the life of a gay man who has apparently abandoned his partner. When they both turn up dead, it seems one killed the other before committing suicide, but Areta is not convinced.

A 50-year-old playwright (Jesus Puente) bemoans his fate from his secluded home in Northern Spain in this depressing drama. Side plots include an actress and former acquaintance who comes to visit and his amorous diversions with a 20-year-old local woman.

Le détective privé Germán Areta reçoit un client en phase terminale qui souhaite voir sa fille en fuite, perdue depuis longtemps, avant sa mort. Mais quand Areta commence à enquêter sur l'affaire, cela le conduit dans les entrailles sombres de Madrid où il découvre qu'il n'est pas le seul à rechercher la jeune fille. Quelqu'un d'autre s'intéresse aussi à elle, quelqu'un de puissant et de dangereux qui ne recule devant rien...

Drama based on the true life of a group of middle class and members of the Communist Party of Spain, who were involved in clandestine political activities during the sixties.