José has been sent by the employment agency as an extra for the taping of a New Year's Eve television special (four months in advance) in an industrial pavilion just outside Madrid, leaving his mother Dolores (an old woman unable to detach herself from a big crucifix she tore from her husband's grave) alone.

José starts to fall for dinner companion Paloma (a jinxed woman) to the amusement of the rest of extras sharing the table (Antonio, Yanire, and Josua).

On the other hand, the two co-hosts of the show and an actual dysfunctional couple (Roberto and Cristina) cannot stand each other and fight over the trust of the producer Benítez, who is aware the channel is struggling to avoid its closure.

Meanwhile a mobile control unit formed by Rosa and Amparo stays aloof trying to save the insane television shoot.

A Enrique Cerezo PC and Telefónica Studios production, the film had the participation of TVE and Canal+ and support from ICAA.