Pedro Che is a carefree taxi driver who advises his friends Sebastián and Artemio, politically committed law students, to do like him. Following the kidnapping of Otamendi, a former corrupt official executed by a subversive command, Sebastían is unjustly detained by the police. Pedro and Sebastián's girlfriend break him out of jail with the help of a congressman. While they are celebrating their release, the police arrive and kill Artemio, who is implicated in the Otamendi case.