Ulysses is a young man who is in charge of burying bodies in an earthworm pit. He wants to raise enough money to take his sick mother on vacation to Alaska, Ulysses loves his mother. Ulysses recapitulates his life, but his subconscious frequently mixes with his conscious, making it difficult to distinguish reality with imagination.

Madrid, 1924. A ne'er-do-well in his 30s, perpetual disappointment to his aging military father, hatches a plan to rob the mail train to Andalusia. He intends the hit to be bloodless, but complications arise soon.