The excitement of the role and the admiration of the public are so strong that reality and fiction begin to mix.

Santiago Miranda (Robinson Díaz) is a famous actor in a popular Colombian soap opera depicting the role of Simón Bolívar, “The Libertador”, a Venezuelan soldier who played a major part in the independence of South America and became their president.

He speaks briefly of Don Quixote, an old novel where an old man wants to be a chivalrous knight of old and the local villagers secretly go along with it to humor him.

As he stands, giving a motivational and deep speech before he is to be killed off, he exclaims for the director to cut.

His co-star and ex-girlfriend, Manuela/Alejandra Baberini (Amparo Grisales), is then sent by the director to rein him in after they speak with his mental health doctors.