Part of the plot revolves around retrieving the missing master copy of a film cartridge that makes viewers lose all interest in anything other than viewing it.
The principal characters are noblemen ("galanes") and ladies ("damas") who work out a plot involving love, jealousy, honor and sometimes also piety or patriotism.
A policeman's investigations lead him to a beautiful, enigmatic woman and the revelation of a sinister plot to manipulate the population through mass hypnosis.
