Madrid, Christmastime 1970: a prostitute gives birth to a son on a city bus in the dead of night. Victor, a handsome young misfit, is neither evil nor violent, but an inexperienced, hungry young man, and things tend go out of control when he is around. One such incident involves Elena, a rich girl dabbling in drugs, a terrible fight, one gun, and two police officers--David and Sancho. Victor, freed from prison, sleeps with the wives of the two officers who put him in jail -- first Sancho's wife Clara, then David's wife Elena, whom he both lusts for and bears a grudge against. The entire history of Spanish repression and guilt seems to gather inside the heads of these men and women. The essential question remains: How, as the grip of the Franco years is broken, will freedom reign?

Basado en la novela de [based on the novel by] Ruth Rendell. Originally produced as a Spanish motion picture in 1997. Special features: Theatrical trailer (2 min.).

Logo/Express delivery -- Title/Cop's life -- Wrong guy, wrong time -- Drunken bust -- Death wish -- Funeral -- Novice lover -- Ways of love -- Among home wreckers -- Things he never said -- Clean break -- Honest adulterer -- Last chance for Clara -- At the hand of a friend -- Only way out -- No more fear/Credits.