Rafael, a young man from the provinces, works as a waiter in a resort and helps himself economically having sex for money with rich older women. During a bomb threat, he is discovered in bed with one of the guest, Leonor Marchioness of Montenegro, and he is fired as a consequence. The Marchioness of Montenegro is an aging aristocrat, ruined economically, but still with wealthy and influential friends. She helps Rafael finds a new job in Madrid as the gardener in the mansion of Antonio Fernández Herrador, Minister of economy in the new democratic Spanish government.
| Directing | Eloy de la Iglesia | Director |
| Writing | Eloy de la Iglesia | Screenplay |
| Writing | Gonzalo Goicoechea | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ángel Sastre | Screenplay |
| Writing | Raúl Alcántara | Screenplay |
| Sound | Alfonso G. Santisteban | Music |
| Editing | José Salcedo | Editor |
| Camera | Carlos Suárez | Director of Photography |
