Stories are part of people's lives. The life of Pedro, for example: an obscure screenwriter with novelist ambitions, waiting for the opportunity to publish his manuscript. Or the life of Trinidad: a retired actress and novelist married to a gambling lawyer who is also waiting for her novel to be published. Personal stories complicate life, involving encounters with strangers. Like the card lawyer who, crippled by debt, gambles his wife's fortune with an indiscreet secretary.