A young worker's affair with an upper-class beauty is disrupted when he's drafted to fight in the Cuban War of Independence. After receiving news of his death, his lover, Adelaida, refuses to accept it and is institutionalized by her family, who believe she's lost her mind. However, Adelaida remains convinced of her lover's survival and finds solace in the stories of wood-nymphs that inhabit the nearby forest, believing they will lead her to happiness.
El invierno de las anjanas
A lowly man's clandestine romance with a wealthy woman is brutally ended when he's summoned to battle in the Cuban War of Independence, forcing his devastated lover to face the harsh reality of his presumed demise.