Hoping for a future scientific discovery to revive her, a man freezes his wife's body and entombs her in a "domestic grave". Until such a time that science can bring his beloved wife back, he only has his nurse Corona and his son to fill his life and offer him human warmth.
For over forty years, an aging doctor has been devotedly tending a bizarre domestic grave containing his beloved wife. When she died young, Alfredo had her body cryogenically frozen, convinced that progress in medical science would one day be able to bring her back to life.