A widower finds himself falling for his sister-in-law. For his intelligently staged debut feature – a film about women making decisions of whom to marry at a time when other issues than love were to the fore – Picazo adapts Unamuno’s 1920 novel to the particular circumstances of modern Spain. A bank employee suffers a tremendous loss after his wife dies, calls on sister-in-law Tula to care for the children, then finds himself falling for her. Aunt Tula was cut by nearly five minutes, excising most references to matters such as virginity and the Civil War.