Elisban arrives from his village to Puno to meet his friend Hermógenes, with whom he was going to work, but a delay spoils everything. Stranded, without a day's wages or a roof over his head, he survives on small, unstable jobs.

Elisban arrives in the city of Puno, too late to meet his friend Hermogenes, with whom he was going to work. Homeless and without money, he survives from unstable small jobs, in a city that sharpens his loneliness at every step. The inertia of continuing to walk may lead him to a better fate.