Andrés Sarmiento, a civil servant in the small Majorcan town of Alaró, feels excluded and ignored by his workmates due to a disability forcing him to walk bent low over a crutch. Besides this, his private live in a tiny apartament, caring for his invalid and extremely abusive mother, has become a living hell. All this has made Andrés a solitary and insensative man. Life as it is isn't worth living. Contemplating this panorama, Andrés decides to search for happiness using a highly sinister plan.