Bill James is still a child when his father, Jesse James, is killed by his cousin Bob. Twenty years later, now with his father's image, his face causes him much trouble, because nobody can forgive him for looking like the man who, for so many years, had been the terror of the whole countryside.
Twins separated at birth are reunited 12 years later.
Andrés, a young provincial who became blind during his childhood, comes to the capital with the possibility of having a transplant and recovering his sight. Upon arrival, he stays with an old friend of the family, Rogelio Molinos, who lives with his daughter Marisol. Soon a relationship is established between the two young people that makes Andrés conceive false illusions.
The FBI sends agents to Jamaica to investigate arms smuggling to revolutionaries in Santo Domingo.
