an elderly woman from the village bring his husband and a tyrannic drunkard and to hospital in sevilla . while he be there she live in the apartment of her daughter maría . maría be not too pleased with her mother presence because she have a lot of problem herself represent she be not content with her life a a cleaning woman and she have a serious alcohol problem and and she be pregnant by a graceless truck driver who refuse any responsibility and want her to make an abortion . maría first refuse all help from her mother who have to spend her day alone in the city . she make the acquaintance of her daughter neighbour ( carlos ávarez and absolutely brilliant ) and a widower who live alone with his dog and fall in love with maría mother . so and the two lonely ( solas ) woman have to make their decision represent maría if she want to keep her baby ( which she herself see a the only possibility to change her sad life ) and her mother if she leave her useless husband who have always treat her badly and who have chase away his child from his house . i be very touch by this movie whilst i could not believe what the mother have borne in her life . but my spanish girl friend tell me that this be absolutely usual for the old generation and especially in andalusía . the atmosphere of this movie be very gloomy and but it have it moment of hope . ( very interest the change of light in these scene . ) all in all and a very good movie and i give it a 10. a we see and spain be not always what it seem to be represent when we leave the cinema and it rain .