影片展現了人迹罕見的阿根廷彭巴（The Pampa）草原上一位孤獨伐木工的生活，人物對白極少，幾乎就是一部紀錄片。影片采用倒叙（亦可理解爲環形結構），伐木工米薩爾（Misael）在雷聲中進食，火光映紅他帶有印第安人特征的面孔。随後影片開始叙述他在過去一日中的一系列行爲：伐木，去枝削皮，午休，等朋友開 ... 車接送木材，半途朋友下車，他開車，賣木頭給收購人，讨價還價，到小賣店買煙，和店主閑聊，将車子交還...

Casimiro, night watchman at a wax museum of horrors, is even more sleepy than his usual laziness makes him - because his boss, the Professor, is secretly draining blood from him while he dozes to use in experiments in raising the dead. These haven't worked so far, and the bodies have been waxened and placed on display in the museum to cover his crimes. His big chance seems to come, however, when he learns that the mummified body of a modern man has been found in an Egyptian sarcophagus. The professor and his two henchmen steal the body and take it back to his lab - where the experiment flops again.

Alberto Medina is a famous composer whose car breaks down while he is on a trip. While looking for help, he finds the Valverdes' house and is welcomed in by Emilia, the mother of the family, who is known for taking in tramps.