Every day, Martin fills the set he works on with excitement. However, in his personal life he feels a great emptiness.

El cumpleaños de Ane se acerca y, con ello, el regalo que tanto anhela: un coche que Jon, su vecino, ha reparado para ella. Para ella y para su madre, María, quien podría alejar así a Ane del barrio. Mientras se tranquilizan las cosas, nada más. Pero Ane no está dispuesta a irse: tras la nueva medida del Gobierno, el Gaztetxe de su barrio va a ser cerrado y hay que movilizar a todo el mundo para impedirlo. Y Ane sabe que para lograr sus objetivos, hay que hacer sacrificios.

Antonio Dumas, a prestigious, intellectual, sophisticated, though also rather cynical and conceited art historian and cultural manager, is appointed director of an important museum of modern art in Madrid after winning a contest for that position. In this new position he will have to deal with a variety of different circumstances and conflicts, which range from trade union problems and political pressures to surreal situations involving exhibitions and artists, in the midst of the unusual fauna that inhabits the art world.