She later learns that he was kidnapped by a group called the People Workers Party that wants 20 million pesos from her.
With the help of her neighbours, a Spanish Civil War veteran, and a young musician, Lucía sets out to find his kidnappers.
She eventually discovers the truth about his disappearance after learning from the police that her husband is accused of being part of an elaborate embezzlement scam from within the Treasury Department of the government and may have possibly faked his kidnapping.
The film was shot over a period of eight weeks in and around Mexico City, as well as at the Puebla airport and the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro.
The website's consensus reads: "A relatively simple mid-life crisis story is burdened by overly cumbersome plot devices.