Arquivo / 49ª mostra

The film juxtaposes the stories of two men. A bootblack saves money to buy a bicycle and with it win the heart of the girl he loves, but the cost of his stepfather’s funeral uses all of his savings. The solution, then, is to take the bike of a priest. A factory worker cannot dissuade his wife from an unsafe abortion, losing her and the child. Disgusted, he leads his coworkers in a movement against the factory.