Shanti Andía, a veteran sailor, puts together the fragments of a personal diary that he has written through years of tribulations: his childhood in the Basque Country, his youth in the lands of Cádiz, and his many adventures and misadventures as a ship captain.
During World War II the United States of America did everything to persuade Salazar to grant them facilities on the island of Santa Maria in the Azores. After long and difficult negotiations an agreement between Portugal and the USA for the construction of an airport is celebrated.
After the troubled, worn-out playwright Filomeno gets his movie script rejected, he devises a big plot to demonstrate his writing skill.
