Due of the pregnancy of his sister-in-law, Seba loses interest in his adolescent life of parties and alcohol. Now he fantasizes about the opportunity to form the family he never had, the one that his older brother rejects.

At a deserted construction site in Córdoba, Argentina, a security guard named Pedro whiles away his hours kicking a soccer ball, listening to the radio and making dolls from bottle tops. At the end of the day, he takes them home, where his son Juampi waits for love and attention. The single father gives him as much as he can make time for.

The optimism and pride of work taken by a group of sun-drenched guajiros harvesting corn with their bare hands, is belied by the songs they sing about sadness and heartbreak.

Locked in a building under construction, Pedro, an old cyclist who has become a night watchman, remembers his youth.