The day before Thomas, a mixed race bad boy, was due to find the job which could get him out of his predicament, a hurricane destroyed his house. In the telephone company, his superior, old El Conde, spat his sad and embittered vision of life. His need for a shelter, was mixed up with the love relationship he had with a jealous black hairdresser, a libidinous European journalist and a young rebellious rock fan. He was in the middle of a crisis both at work, in the telephone company, and in his private life. When his brother Miguel, a delinquent, got him involved in crime, threatening his future and his will to change his life, he felt that his misfortune was deepening.