1934: José, a young Asturian miner, is forced to embark on a long journey when tragedy suddenly befalls him.
1934: On the ship on the way to the foreign land of Argentina, Andrés makes friendships that will last forever.
1934: Andrés and his fellow travelers arrive in Buenos Aires. Andrés and Juliusz move into a tenement. Gemma moves in with her despotic aunt.
1936: Andrés and Juliusz join an anarchist group unpopular with the law. Vidal, a passionate young anarchist, reminds Andrés of his dead brother.
1939: The Spanish Civil War is drawing to a close and the situation is looking grim for the Republicans.
1941: Juliusz and Gemma grow closer. Andrés meets Sophie, a Jewish Frenchwoman who impacts him deeply, but the past won't let him forget old promises.
1945: Andrés's past comes back to life in the form of someone very close to him who he thought was dead, changing his and his family's lives.
1947: A musician with a checkered past appears in Andrés and Sophie's life, and they suspect he may be on the run from post-Nazi Germany.
1951: Sophie, Andrés's wife, is tired of giving piano lessons. She starts playing piano for a tango orchestra in a cabaret, but Andrés is against it.
1952: Argentina is hit hard by Eva Perón's death, but Andrés suffers his own tragedy. 2003: Cecilia goes to Madrid to escape the economic crisis.
1955: Four years after his loss, Andrés still hasn't recovered, and is bitter and resentful. Felisa introduces him to a woman who changes his life.
1959: After tragedy knocks on their door, Juliusz and Gemma decide to go on a trip together. Andrés's children and new wife have to learn to get along.
2004: Andrés Olaya returns to his hometown in Asturias, Spain with his son Ernesto, who realizes how little he knows about his father's past.