In La Joya, Extremadura in 1912 a local leader : Pedro Luis Jarrapellejos has the power . Two of his followers committed a horrible crime and it makes every effort to conceal the guilt of them.

After the death of her husband Bernada Alba puts her daughters under a rigurous mourning which does not even allow them to leave the house for seven years. Adela, the youngest daughter, suffers the most. Pepe el Romano key to all women's despair.