Eugenio and Margarita are childhood friends who love each other with pure and devoted love. But everything around them seems to hinder their feelings - their parents, class inequality, the prejudices of the surrounding society, and, finally, the religious aspirations of Eugenio himself, who goes to study at the seminary to become a priest. However, he cannot forget Margarita and is torn between religiosity and the need to renounce carnal love. What will win in the soul of a young man - love or faith? How to cope with life circumstances and class prejudices? What is stronger - passion or religiosity? Hope or despair? Loyalty or treachery?