Maria lives a modest live of a teacher and raises a small daughter as a single mother. One day Maria has a new student who impresses her with his talent. He also feels sympathy for her, and they start to get closer.  But when their feelings start to grow into love, the man appears to be married.

Despite his marriage is unhappy, the man is not ready to leave his family, because he loves his son. And Maria is not ready to date a married man because of her principles.  Their relationship gets more and more difficult and sooner or later the characters must make their choices.