A recently ordained priest named Amaro arrives in the town of Los Reyes to help the local spiritual shepherd – the aging Father Benito. He is idealistic and determined to serve God and his new parishioners, but he soon discovers that real life is different from how he had conceived it. He finds out that Benito has a lover, the pub owner Sanjuanera, and that he's accepting contributions to build a hospital rom a local drug boss who is thereby laundering money. Amaro, too, betrays his mission by falling in love with Sanjuanera's young and devout daughter Amelia. The girl's jealous fiancѓ Ruben decides to expose the corrupt priests publicly, but the bishop hushes up the threatened scandal with Amaro's help: the latter is now more than happy to ignore the truth if it will help his ambitions. Even his passionate relationship with the now pregnant and unhappy Amelia won't stand in the way of his career....